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A soul-stirring philosophical and political treatise on what liberation for Palestine—and all people—will look like in the twenty-first century, in the vein of Frantz Fanon, Angela Davis, and Edward Said. Palestine is a litmus test for our global future. The ongoing genocide is showcasing...

A History of Ancient Israel: Audio Lectures?tells the story of Israel's history, with the biblical record enriched by the latest historical research, archaeological discoveries, and geographical insights. Beginning with the founding of the nation in 2091 B.C., Grisanti and Bolen work through the...

This “deeply felt memoir of race and history that defies social erasures of the diasporic Palestinian experience” (The Whiting Award Judges Citation) explores Elena Dudum’s transformational journey and evolving relationship to Palestine. My father scours the web for century-old magazines...

A poignant, moving essay collection on the longing and hope of living in diaspora and what it means to be Palestinian today, from the Lambda Literary Award-winning author of You Exist Too Much. Fewer and fewer Palestinians living in the diaspora today have direct experiences of their homeland...

Few civilisations capture our imagination like Ancient Egypt. Home to pharaohs and kings, breathtaking structures and astonishing tombs, it was a culture light years ahead of its time that laid the foundations for our modern world. Join bestselling historian Bettany Hughes as she unearths the...

A people without a country in a country at war. What drove a few thousand men and women from the deserts and cities of western China to the front lines of Syria’s war? Journalist Emily Feng unearths the untold story of Uyghur exiles who fled China’s expanding police state—only to become a...

A work of true crime following one American family’s search for answers 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 On January 18, 1984, Malcolm Kerr...

‘Brilliantly conveys the thrill of connecting with the ancient world’ ALEX BELLOS 'All the drama of a political thriller, the intrigue of a detective story, and thechallenge of a cryptic crossword' DAVID CRYSTAL 'A remarkable uncovering of hidden treasures' IAN McMILLAN An immersive journey...

A damning account of how Israel and the US manufactured the case for genocide in Gaza and a devastating regional war in the Middle East, from Tel Aviv to Tehran. In Twelve Days That Shook the Middle East , scholar and Al Jazeera senior political analyst Marwan Bishara offers a clear-eyed account of what happened after October 7, 2023, why it happened, and why it matters. Bishara argues that this conflict has always been an asymmetric, anticolonial struggle. The genocide was not a misstep; it was a blueprint unfolding before the world’s eyes.

The epic story of one of the most famous love affairs in history, by the bestselling author of Caesar. The love affair between Antony and Cleopatra is one of the most famous stories from the ancient world and has been depicted in countless novels, plays and films. As one of the three men in...

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A fascinating account of the Fifth Crusade, the campaign to conquer Egypt and regain the Holy Land In 1217, the crusader states were in a highly fragile condition. The Fourth Crusade had failed, and Jerusalem had not been recovered. The crusaders now set their sights on Egypt. If the breadbasket...

A courageous memoir from a prize-winning poet and prisoner of conscience in Iran 'Against the scale of Iran's past, her testimony reinforces the power of individual conscience and endurance as the only way forward.' —Financial Times In March 2008, the Intelligence Bureau of Mashhad summoned...

Read by the author Mahmoud Khalil and actor Daoud Heidami A revelatory and powerful testament of protest, courage and imprisonment in America’s deportation regime. 'Compelling and deeply human' – Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe 'An extraordinary book that everyone should read' – Kamila Shamsie...

An essential guide to the making of the modern Middle East from 1900 to the present: a spellbinding history by the New York Times bestselling author of Jerusalem and The Romanovs Renowned historian Simon Sebag Montefiore wades into the ideological battles and geopolitical tensions of the Middle...

A sweeping and revelatory history of the hidden tradition of Jewish thinkers who opposed Zionism, from Pulitzer Prize winner Benjamin Moser. In Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History, Benjamin Moser uncovers a suppressed tradition that has shaped Jewish thought for generations. Through a cast of artists...

For more than a decade, Ruth Margalit has been chronicling life in contemporary Israel for The New Yorker and the New York Times Magazine as the country has embraced right-wing extremism under Benjamin Netanyahu. Here she collects ten of her profiles of wide-ranging figures from across society, returning to consider and update them as a writer and mother living in Tel Aviv at a time of war.

Following Hamas's horrific October 7 attack, Israel launched an offensive of staggering violence in Gaza, saying it targeted militants while regularly striking hospitals, schools, and homes. Critically acclaimed journalist Akbar Shahid Ahmed offers extensive reporting and chilling new details...

‘An important and revelatory contribution’ WILLIAM DALRYMPLE ‘A book of extraordinary moral clarity’ NATHAN THRALL A sweeping and revelatory history of the hidden tradition of Jewish thinkers who opposed Zionism from Pulitzer Prize winner Benjamin Moser. In Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History...

Bloomsbury presents Shadows Over Kabul by Hamdullah Mohib and Tam Hussein, read by Kishore Walker. At the time of the Taliban offensive, Hamdullah Mohib was the Afghan National Security Advisor, the closest man to the Afghan President, Ashraf Ghani. It was Mohib who took the decision to leave...