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Elegant, immersive, and meticulously researched, The Sultanate of Women reveals the true rulers behind the curtain—and rewrites what you thought you knew about power in a male-dominated empire. Richly detailed storytelling across 30 engaging chapters.

In 2011, many Syrians took to the streets of Damascus to demand the overthrow of the government of Bashar al-Assad. Today, much of Syria has become a war zone where foreign journalists find it almost impossible to report on life in this devastated land. Burning Country explores the horrific and complicated reality of life in present-day Syria with unprecedented detail and sophistication, drawing on new first hand testimonies from opposition fighters, exiles lost in an archipelago of refugee camps, and courageous human rights activists among many others.

Runt om i världen sörjer, skriker, firar människor när Hamid Noury grips i Stockholm. Fallet leder oss tillbaka till sommaren 1988–då tusentals politiska fångar avrättades i Iran. En av de som misstänks ha varit delaktig i avrättingarna är Hamid Noury. Nu är han här, i det lilla landet i norr. Hitlurad av en familjemedlem och genom osannolikt polisarbete gripen. Förberedelserna har pågått i flera och nu står han åtalad, misstänkt för folkrättsbrott och mord.

The riveting story of the most audacious diplomatic enterprise of the last century—creating and securing the Jewish state—as seen through the eyes of the foremost Israeli diplomat of our generation.

An unflinching exposé of Israel's Lobby, showing how its outsized influence works against our national interests and threatens our freedom. The greatest story in geopolitics and in American domestic affairs is how the far-right government of a small Middle Eastern country came to hold a...

Hieroglyphs were far more than a language. They were an omnipresent and all-powerful force in communicating the messages of ancient Egyptian culture for over three thousand years; used as monumental art, as a means of identifying Egyptianness, and for rarefied communication with the gods.

This groundbreaking book documents how digital platforms and technology companies based in the United States support the Israeli settler-colonial project through censorship. Terms of Servitude explores the paradox whereby prominent digital platforms like Meta, Google, and X that initially...

Discover the profound historical mystery of the Star of David in this definitive guide to one of the world's most enduring symbols. This book takes you on a transformative journey beyond the surface, revealing the esoteric secrets and sacred geometry that have shaped civilizations for millennia. By exploring the Star’s deep connection to the legendary Seal of Solomon, you will unlock ancient wisdom regarding the balance of opposites; heaven and earth, male and female, and the physical and spiritual realms.

From “the Chuck D of Palestinian hip-hop” (Los Angeles Times), a memoir of three generations of one family of Palestinians up against loss, oppression, and a shape-shifting past, present, and future, in a work of stunning originality and kinetic energy 3Gs tells the stories of a father, his...

Israel's genocide in Palestine and the complicity of powerful Western states is undermining international human rights and the UN system. The United States has imposed sanctions on lawyers, UN experts, and Palestinian officials in an attempt to bully and intimidate them into silence. One prominent example is UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese, who has played an important role in documenting Israel's atrocities and those who profit from its oppression of Palestinians.

A gripping, deeply moving memoir of survival, education, and resistance by a student protestor–turned–political prisoner in post-revolution Egypt. “I will never be the same after reading Huna.” —Javier Zamora “A beautifully written portrait of a radical political awakening.”...

On Tuesday 13 September 2022, all Mahsa Amini has planned is a day shopping in Tehran. Her birthday is next week. But she is arrested as she comes out of the subway—the Guidance Patrol deem her hijab inadequate. On Friday she is pronounced dead. By Sunday, women have taken to the streets across Iran, setting their headscarves on fire and cursing the Supreme Leader. Months later, workers down their tools and businesses close. The battle-cry everywhere: Women, Life, Freedom.

This original and deeply provocative book was the first to make Palestine the subject of a serious debate--one that remains as critical as ever. "A compelling call for identity and justice." —Anthony Lewis "Books such as Mr. Said's need to be written and read in the hope that understanding...

Republic of Dreams is a riveting portrait of Iraqi Kurdistan as its people weather Hussein’s genocidal campaign against the Kurds and the US invasion of Iraq -- only to face internal struggles between pro-democracy activists and political elites determined to hang onto power. Throughout the book, the thread of Peshawa’s story immerses listeners in the everyday and extraordinary world of Iraqi Kurds between the late 1980s and 2022, exploring the meaning of home and dislocation in the wake of war and genocide.

Originally published by Drum & Spear, the publishing arm of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Enemy of the Sun: Poetry of Palestinian Resistance links 12 poets working in a poetics of refusal and of hope.

The Ottoman Empire's collapse at the end of the First World War is often treated as a foregone conclusion. It was only a matter of time, the story goes, before the so-called Sick Man of Europe succumbed to its ailments—incompetent management, nationalism, and ethnic and religious conflict. In The War That Made the Middle East, Mustafa Aksakal overturns this conventional narrative.

Beginning with reformers who believed a modern army and a rule-bound bureaucracy could save the state, it follows the Tanzimat project, the growth of new schools and publics, and the arrival of steam, telegraph, and rail. These changes produced opportunity and conflict at once, strengthening central authority while sharpening questions of citizenship, language, and belonging. As Balkan nationalisms and Great Power rivalry escalated, constitutional experiments collided with authoritarian security politics, culminating in the Young Turk era and the empire’s descent into near-continuous war.

A work of true crime following one American family’s search for the truth after a 1984 murder in war-torn Beirut, where the Iranian revolution collided with the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, setting off the geopolitical conflagration that burns to this day, from acclaimed and bestselling author...

هارون الرشيد ليس مجرد سردٍ تاريخي، بل لوحةٌ تمتزج فيها السياسة بالثقافة، تنقل لنا مجدًا براقًا وتراجيديا خفية من قلب الدولة العباسية.

في القرن الثاني عشر، حاول البحارة العرب عبور "بحر الظلمات" باتجاه الغرب، إذ تناهت إلى سمعهم أخبار عن ثروات الطرف الآخر، كما أنهم كانوا يثقون بمهاراتهم الملاحية المتطورة جدًّا. لقد تمكّن العربُ من حِساب خطوط الطّول والعرض بشِكلٍ يمكن الاعتماد عليه قبل الأوروبيين بعقود، كما رسموا خرائط دقيقة.بالاستناد إلى عدد من الرسومات التوضيحية، تسلط سوزانه بيليغ الضوء على العلوم العربية المتعلقة بالفلك والملاحة البحرية ورسم الخرائط والإبحار،وتبرز كيف تبنى الأوروبيون تلك المعرفة، بعد أن كانوا متأخرين تقنيًّا في تلك المجالات، وأخفوا أصولها العربية. هذا الكتاب الرائع لبيليغ يستند إلى الأبحاث الرا...