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Book Club: Little was known of Qassem Soleimani until after his assassination by the United States in January 2020. But as Arash Azizi's biography reveals, the shadowy commander was instrumental in helping shift regional dynamics to Iran's favour.
Tracing the formation of the contemporary Middle East from its turbulent past, 'The Middle East Crisis Factory' is an invaluable text for readers wishing to understand why, from antiquity onwards, the Middle East matters.
Veering away from traditional conceptualisations of what constitutes Persian culture, Mana Kia's latest book looks at how ambiguous, often fluid and varied networks combined to shape 'Persian-ness' and how this shifts our understanding of identity.
![In an awe inspiring display of resolve, "Dont Forget Us Here" shows how Guantanamo detainees where able to keep their faith whilst incarcerated in the most torturous conditions [Hachette Books]](/sites/default/files/styles/large_16_9/public/2021-10/MicrosoftTeams-image%20%289%29.png?h=19516960&itok=uS1dIjNL)
Book Club: Mansoor Adayfi's memoir as Guantanamo detainee #441 is an invaluable resource for exposing the joint impunity of the United States and its nefarious associates in the War on Terror, but also how Adayfi's Islamic faith triumphed over it all
Book Club: In his latest interdisciplinary, extensively researched book Sectarianism without Sects, Azmi Bishara methodically wades through the phenomenon of sectarianism with a new light, reconceptualising it in the Arab Middle Eastern context.
Book Club: Gayle Tzemach Lemmon's book is a riveting account of how an all-women Kurdish militia, aided by US Special Forces, racked up strategic victories against the Islamic State group.
With incidents of xenophobia on the rise in an increasingly hostile European environment, many have internalised white narratives about their identity. I Refuse to Condemn provides a safe space as to how people of colour have sought to respond.
Book Club: Marguerite Richards' anthology of global Muslim voices is a honest recollection of the human experience. From chaos to peace, subjugation to freedom, the 34 personal essays reveal all.
Book Club: In a magical realist masterclass, Leila Aboulela interrogates the double identities of the Muslim diaspora. Littered with Islamic references, Sufi poetry, and Celtic folklore, it's an authentic representation of Islamic consciousness.
Book Club: Delving into the private collection of Libyan investor AbdulMagid Breish, the new book chronicles the hope, despair and blended subjectivities of contemporary and classical Arab art.