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Book Club: The largest land-based empire of all time, the Mongols conquered territory indiscriminately, including the Arab and Muslim civilisations of the Near East. But how did the two worlds interact, and did they end up learning from each other?
Book Club: Over ten years have passed since the Arab Spring breathed life into ideas of popular reform. Little seems to have changed. Jamie Allinson's book 'The Age of Counter-Revolution' diagnoses how and why states were able to fight back.
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Book Club: Through water flows, one can ascertain much about the past, present and future of a country. In a hugely creative and engaging offering, Sabrina Mahfouz's latest book uncovers the many fingers involved in the Middle East's water supply.
Book Club: Edited by °®Âþµº's Elias Jahshan, This Arab is Queer shines a technicoloured light on the queer Arab experience, from ostracization to communal celebration. This anthology will no doubt be a foundational resource for years to come.
Book Club: Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law and senior advisor, has emerged from post-January 6th obscurity to release his memoir 'Breaking History'. Littered with inaccuracies, the book is professional evidence of Trump's White House delusions.
Book Club: Few studies have sought to understand the Yazidi people beyond their unfortunate victimhood. Austrian anthropologist Thomas Schmidinger's latest book avoids this simplistic temptation and presents a vivid portrayal of their plight.
Book Club: Former UN representative in Libya Ian Martin's latest book offers an honest assessment of NATO's US-backed intervention in Libya and, as the country continues to struggle for stability, whether things should have been done differently.
Book Club: Moroccan feminist icon Malika Moustadraf was one of the Arab world's preeminent writers on misogyny before her untimely demise at 37. For the first time, we're privy to her complete works in English, reminding us of her crucial legacy.
Book Club: Di Giovanni's personal and multi-faceted portrait of Christians in the Middle East is a welcome departure from texts that seek to demonise other religions in the region, or use Christians as a politico-religious pawn in foreign policy.
Book Club: Gilbert Achcar's re-issued book traces the development of the Arab Uprisings, and posits their future prospects. In particular, its multi-faceted analysis and pinpoint precision of social phenomena make the book an important body of work.