BOOKS

The Nile: Histories, Cultures, Myths
Haggai Erlich and Israel Gershoni, editors

Intercultural relations have revolved around the River Nile throughout recorded history: sharing the river's waters, Egyptians, Ethiopians, and Sudanese have developed rich dialogues of    More >

The Nonprofit World: Civil Society and the Rise of the Nonprofit Sector
John Casey

John Casey explores the expanding global reach of nonprofit organizations, examining the increasingly influential role not only of prominent NGOs that work on hot-button global issues, but    More >

The Norms of War: Cultural Beliefs and Modern Conflict
Theo Farrell

Although the horrors of war are manifest, academic debate is dominated by accounts that reinforce the concept of warfare as a rational project. Seeking to explain this paradox—to    More >

The Novels of Alex La Guma: The Representation of a Political Conflict
Kathleen Balutansky

In this fresh look at the troubled, passionate work of an important South African writer and social critic, Balutansky explores Alex La Guma’s five novels in all their    More >

The Origins of Modern Arabic Fiction, 2nd Edition
Matti Moosa

The first edition of this book, completed in 1970, was hailed as a major contribution to scholarship on the development of Arabic fiction in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In    More >

The Origins of the Iranian-American Alliance, 1941-1953
Mark Hamilton Lytle

Understanding US initiatives in Iran from 1941 to 1953 provides insight into much broader areas of American foreign policy: the tension between military and political strategists during    More >

The Other Elites: Women, Politics, and Power in the Executive Branch
MaryAnne Borrelli and Janet M. Martin, editors

The Other Elites features original essays that provide important insights for both presidential studies and the study of women in US politics. The contributors to this innovative book have    More >

The Palestinian People: Seeking Sovereignty and State
Mustafa Kabha

Mustafa Kabha plumbs the complex story of the Palestinian people, from the revolts of 1936-1939 to the present, focusing on their efforts to establish a viable independent state—and    More >

The Palestinian Wedding: A Bilingual Anthology of Contemporary Palestinian Resistance Poetry
edited and translated by A.M. Elmessiri, illustrated by Kamal Boullata

The poems in this powerful bilingual collection range from the rhetorical lyricism of Tawfiq Zayyad to the complex, cosmic imagery of Walid al-Halis, from the romantic idiom of Salma    More >

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