middleeasternstudies
TheLivesandDeaths ofJubrailDabdoub
Or,HowtheBethlehemites
DiscoveredAmerka
JacobNorris
Thisisthestoryofthe merchantsofBethlehem,the youngmenwhotraveledto everycorneroftheglobeinthe nineteenthcentury.With newfoundwealth,thesemerchantstransformed BethlehemintoPalestine'swealthiestandmost cosmopolitantown.Thebooktellsthestoryof JubrailDabdoub'sencounters,offeringaversionof Palestinianhistoryrarelyacknowledged.
STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
Series:WorldingtheMiddleEast
January2023290pp
9781503633759 £21.99 PB now£15.39
Practicing Sectarianism
ArchivalandEthnographic InterventionsonLebanon
EditedbyLaraDeeb,Tsolin
Nalbantian&NadyaSbaiti
Examiningsocialinteraction, eachessayanalyzeshow peopleexperience sectarianism.Thebook'sessays usetheconceptasananimatingprinciplewithina varietyofsitesacrossLebanonanditsdiasporasand overarangeofhistoricalperiods.
STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
November2022258pp
9781503633865 £23.99 PB now£16.79
COVIDandGenderin theMiddleEast
EditedbyRitaStephan
Thebookexaminesarangeof nationalandlocalized responsestogender-specific issuesaroundCOVID’shealth impactandtheeconomic falloutandresultingsocial vulnerabilities,includingthe magnifiedmarginalizationof Syrianrefugees;theinequitabletreatmentof migrantworkersinBahrain;andtheinadequate implementationofgender-basedviolencelegislation inMorocco.
UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS
April2023304pp
9781477326527 £45.00 HB now£31.50
YouthinEgypt Identity,Participation,and Opportunity NadineSika
In YouthinEgypt,NadineSika exploresthepoliticalworldof youngpeopleinEgypt,focusing ontheirexperiencesunder authoritarianism.Fromthe reignsofGamalAbdelNasser andAnwarSadattothatofAbdelFattahel-Sisi,she offersanon-the-groundperspectivethroughthe eyesofmultiplegenerationsofyoungpeoplewho livedthroughconsecutiveperiodsofpolitical upheavalandstatemilitarization.
NYUPRESS
February202313b&willus.224pp
9781479819539 £23.99 PB now£16.79
ALostPeace
GreatPowerPoliticsandtheArab-Israeli Dispute,1967–1979
GalenJackson
In ALostPeace,GalenJacksonrewritesan importantchapterinthehistoryofthe middleperiodoftheColdWar,changing howwethinkabouttheArab-Israeli conflict.Byleveragingtheremarkable evidencenowavailabletoscholars, JacksonrevealsthattheUnitedStatesand theSovietUnionmayhavemissedan opportunityforMiddleEastpeaceduring the1970s.
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
Series:CornellStudiesinSecurityAffairs
April2023276pp
9781501769160 £47.00 HB now£32.90
AlternativeIran
ContemporaryArtandCriticalSpatial Practice
PamelaKarimi
AlternativeIran offersaunique contributiontothefieldofcontemporary art,investigatinghowIranianartists engagewithspaceandsiteamidthe pressuresoftheartmarketandthestate's regulatoryregimes.Sincethe1980s, political,economic,andintellectualforces havedrivenIran'screativeclasstoward increasinglyoriginalformsofartmaking notmeantforofficialvenues.
STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
September2022452pp
9781503631809 £29.99 PB now£20.99
BedouinBureaucrats
MobilityandPropertyintheOttoman Empire
NoraBarakat
NarratingthelivesofBedouinindividuals involvedinOttomanadministration, Barakatbringsthispopulationtothe centerofmodernstate-making.Thebook illuminatesOttomanstateformation attemptswithinBedouincommunitiesand theuniquetrajectoryofBedouininSyria, whomaintainedtheircontroloverland.
STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
April2023374pp
9781503635623 £27.99 PB now£19.59
BedouinFolktalesfromthe NorthofIsrael
YoelShalomPerez&Judith Rosenhouse
BedouinFolktalesfromtheNorthofIsrael collectsnearly60traditionalfolktales,told mostlybywomen,thathavebeencarefully translatedinthesamecolloquialstylein whichtheyweretold.Thesestoriesare groupedintothemesofloveanddevotion, ghoulsanddemons,andanimalstories.
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
September20223maps,50b&wtables562pp 9780253063830 £72.00 PB now£50.40
BetweenBanat
QueerArabCritiqueandTransnational ArabArchives
MejduleneBernardShomali
In BetweenBanat MejduleneBernard Shomaliexamineshomoeroticismand nonnormativesexualitiesbetweenArab womenintransnationalArabliterature, art,andfilm.Shomaliframesqueerness andArabnessasrelationaland transnationalsubjectformationsand contendsthatprioritizingtransnational collectivityoverpoliticsofauthenticity, respectability,andinclusioncanhelplead towardqueerfreedom.
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February20239illus.224pp
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BetweenConflictand Collegiality
PalestinianArabsandJewsintheIsraeli Workplace
AsafDarr
BetweenConflictandCollegiality explores howethnonational-religiousstruggle betweenJewsandPalestiniansaffects relationsinethnicallymixedworkteamsin Israel.AsafDarrdocumentsthetensions thatpermeatetheworkplaceandreveals whensuchtensionsthreatenthecohesion oftheworkenvironment.
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
July2023198pp
9781501770753 £22.99 PB now£16.09
BeyondtheLines
SocialNetworksandPalestinianMilitant OrganizationsinWartimeLebanon
SarahE.Parkinson
BeyondtheLines exploresthesocial underpinningsofrebeladaptationand resilience.Drawingonnearlytwoyearsof ethnographicresearch,SarahE.Parkinson tracesshiftsinPalestinianmilitantgroups' internalstructuresandpracticesduringthe civilwarof1975to1990andforeign occupationsofLebanon.
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
January20234maps270pp
9781501767142 £21.99 PB now£15.39
BulandAl-Ḥaidariand ModernIraqiPoetry
SelectedPoems
BulandAl-Ḥaidari
Edited&Translatedby‘Abdulwāḥid
Lu’lu’a
AfewofAl-Ḥaidari’spoemshavebeen translatedintoEnglishseparately,butno book-lengthtranslationofhispoetryhas beenpublisheduntilnow.‘Abdulwāḥid Lu’lu’a translateseightyofAl-Ḥaidari’s mostimportantpoems,givingEnglishspeakingreadersaccesstothisrichcorpus. Thesepoemspaintavividpictureofthe literaryandpoeticatmosphereinBaghdad andIraqfromthemid-1940stotheclose ofthetwentiethcentury.
UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS
June2023186pp
9780268205317 £40.00 PB now£28.00
CircumcisionandMedicinein ModernTurkey
OymanBasaran
Acloseexaminationofthesocioreligious practiceofcircumcisionintwenty-five citiesandtheiroutlyingtownsandvillages inTurkey.Byanalyzingthechanging subjectivityofmedicalactorswhoseekto alleviatesufferinginmale circumcision, Başaranoffersapsychoanalytically informedalternateapproachtothe standardsociologicalarguments surroundingmedicalizationandmale circumcision.
UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS
April20231b&wimage232pp
9781477327029 £49.00 HB now£34.30
CrossingaLine Laws,Violence,andRoadblocksto PalestinianPoliticalExpression
AmahlBishara
CrossingaLine entersthedistinct environmentsforpoliticalexpressionand actionofPalestinianswhocarryIsraeli citizenshipandPalestinianssubjectto IsraelimilitaryoccupationintheWest Bank,andconsidershowPalestiniansare differentlyimpactedbydispossession, settlercolonialism,andmilitarism
STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
June2022376pp
9781503632097 £25.99 PB now£18.19
Defying"ThePlan" IntimatePoliticsamongPalestinian WomeninIsrael
KimJezabelZinngrebe
Zinngrebedrawsfromaseriesofmoving interviewstorevealthatdespitevarious formsofintertwinedoppressionsbyboth theIsraelistateandPalestiniansociety. Importantly,shehighlightsthe intersectionalexperiencesofwomen typicallyexcludedfromexistingaccounts, suchasBlackPalestinianwomen,women withdisabilities,unmarriedanddivorced women,Bedouinwomen,andLGBTQI women.
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
July20223b&wphotos262pp
9780253062505 £27.99 PB now£19.59
ExchangeIdeologies
Commerce,Language,andPatriarchyin PreconflictAleppo
PaulAnderson
Andersontracesthediversesocial structures,andnotionsoflanguage, throughwhichAleppo'smerchants understoodandconstruedcommerceand thefigureofthemerchantduringaperiod ofeconomicliberalizationinthe2000s.He providesanaccountofeconomic liberalizationinSyriaasasocialand culturalprocessasmuchasapoliticaland economicone.
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
March2023216pp
9781501768309 £25.99 PB now£18.19
FantasmicObjects
ArtandSocialityfromLebanon, 1920-1950
KirstenL.Scheid
Scheidtracesanemergingsenseofwhatit meanstobeLebanese.Sherevealsthatart andartistshelpedfoundthenationduring Frenchoccupation,astheformalqualities andinternationalexhibitionsofnudesand landscapesinthe1930scrystallized notionsofmodernmasculinity,patriotic femininity,non-sectarianreligiosity,and citizenship.
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
Series:PublicCulturesoftheMiddleEastand NorthAfrica
December202221colorillus.,38b&willus. 374pp
9780253064240 £29.99 PB now£20.99
GenderedFortunes
Divination,Precarity,andAffectin PostsecularTurkey
ZeynepK.Korkman
KorkmanexaminesTurkey’scommercial fortunetellingcaféswheresecularMuslim womenandLGBTIQindividualsnavigate theprecaritiesoftwenty-first-centurylife. Korkmanshowshowfortunetellingisa formofaffectivelaborthroughwhichits participantsbuildintimatefeminized publicsinwhichtheyshareandaddress theirhopesandfears.
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESSBOOKS
April202315illus.288pp
9781478019541 £22.99 PB now£16.09
IntheShadowoftheWall
TheLifeandDeathofJerusalem's MaghrebiQuarter,1187–1967
VincentLemire,Trans.byJaneKuntz
Lemireoffersthefirsthistoryofthe MaghrebiQuarter—spanning800years fromitsfoundingbySaladinin1187 throughtoitsdestruction.Today,the WesternWallPlazaextendsoverthe formerMaghrebiQuarter.Itisoneofthe mostidentifiableplacesintheworld—yet oneofthemostoccludedinhistory. Inthe ShadowoftheWall offersanewpointof entrytounderstandthisconsequential place.
STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
April2023400pp
9781503634206 £27.99 PB now£19.59
InvitedtoWitness SolidarityTourismacrossOccupied Palestine
JenniferLynnKelly
Kellyexploresthesignificanceof contemporarysolidaritytourismacross OccupiedPalestine.Examiningthe relationshipsamongrace,colonialism,and movement-buildinginspaceswhere tourismandmilitaryoccupationoperatein tandem,Kellyarguesthatsolidarity tourisminPalestinefunctionsasboth politicalstrategyandemergentindustry.
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESSBOOKS
January202345illus.344pp
9781478019299 £24.99 PB now£17.49
LandLawandPolicyinIsrael APrismofIdentity
HaimSandberg
ExploreshowIsrael'smodernlandsystem istheproductoflegislationfromthe OttomanperiodandtheBritishMandate aswellastheseventy-plusyearsofthe StateofIsrael.Byexaminingthecomplex facetsofpropertylawandlandpolicy,one findsauniqueprismforcomprehending Israel'smostpronouncedidentity problems.
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
Series:PerspectivesonIsraelStudies
July20223b&wphotos,3b&wtables268pp
9780253060457 £25.99 PB now£18.19
LosingIstanbul
Arab-OttomanImperialistsandtheEnd ofEmpire
MostafaMinawi
LosingIstanbul offersanintimatehistoryof empire,followingtheriseandfallofa generationofArab-Ottomanimperialists livinginIstanbul.MostafaMinawishows howthesemenandwomennegotiated theirloyaltiesandguardedtheirprivileges throughamicrohistoricalstudyofthe changingsocial,political,andcultural currentsbetween1878andtheFirstWorld War.
STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
December2022326pp
9781503634046 £25.99 PB now£18.19
MaghrebNoir
TheMilitant-ArtistsofNorthAfricaand theStruggleforaPan-African, PostcolonialFuture
ParaskaTolan-Szkilnik
NorthAfricabecameahavenformilitantartists,andtheregionreshaped postcolonialculturaldiscoursethroughthe 1960sand1970s. MaghrebNoir divesinto thepersonalandpoliticallivesofthese militant-artists,whocollectivelychallenged theneo-colonialiststructuresandthe authoritarianismofAfricanstates.
STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
Series:WorldingtheMiddleEast
July2023272pp
9781503635913 £25.99 PB now£18.19
MeatMatters
EthnographicRefractionsoftheBeta
Israel
HagarSalamon
MeatMatters offersaportraitofthelives ofEthiopianJewsasitisreflectedand refractedthoughtthesymbolismofmeat. MeatMattersfollowsthemanystrandsof significancesurroundingcowsandmeat, ultimatelyformingavibrantwebof meaningattheheartoftheBetaIsrael communitytoday.
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
Series:SephardiandMizrahiStudies
April202330colorphotos168pp
9780253065780 £29.99 PB now£20.99
OrderoutofChaos
Islam,Information,andtheRiseandFall ofSocialOrdersinIraq
DavidSiddharthaPatel
In2003,theUS-ledinvasionofIraq destroyedtheBathiststate.Despitethis thecitizensofBasraestablished predictableroutinesofdailylife.Patel revealstheinterconnectednessofthe enduringproblemofhowsocietiescreate socialorderinastatelessenvironment.
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
Series:ReligionandConflict
December20222b&whts.,7maps,1chart 240pp
9781501767944 £26.99 PB now£18.89
PalestinianRitualsofIdentity
TheProphetMosesFestivalin
Jerusalem,1850-1948
AwadHalabi
PalestinianRitualsofIdentity takesan innovativeapproachtothestudyof Palestine’smodernhistorybyfocusingon theProphetMosesfestivalfromthelate OttomanperiodthroughtheeraofBritish rule.Halabirevealshowthefestivalhas encapsulatedPalestinians’responsesto modernity,colonialism,andthenation’s growingnationalidentity.
UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS
January202310b&wphotos,1map336pp
9781477326312 £49.00 HB now£34.30
RecordingHistory
Jews,Muslims,andMusicacross Twentieth-CenturyNorthAfrica
ChristopherSilver
Withthisbook,ChristopherSilverprovides thefirsthistoryofthemusicsceneand recordingindustryacrossMorocco,Algeria, andTunisia,andoffersstrikinginsightsinto Jewish-Muslimrelationsthroughthe rhythmsthatanimatedthem.Hetracesthe pathofhit-makersandtheirhitrecords, illuminatingregionalandtransnational connections.
STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
June2022320pp
9781503631687 £23.99 PB now£16.79
SettlingNature
TheConservationRegimeinPalestineIsrael
IrusBraverman
SettlingNature documentsthewidespread ecologicalwarfarepracticedbythestateof Israel.Recruitedtothefrontlinesare fallowdeer,gazelles,wildasses,griffon vultures,pinetrees,andcows.Thisbook examinesthecarefulorchestrationofthis animatedwarfarebyIsrael’snature administrationonbothsidesoftheGreen Line.
UNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTAPRESS
April202347b&willus.344pp
9781517915261 £24.99 PB now£17.49
Sextarianism
Sovereignty,Secularism,andtheState inLebanon
MayaMikdashi
Withthisbook,MayaMikdashioffersa newwaytounderstandstatepower, theorizinghowsex,sexuality,andsect shapeandareshapedbylaw,secularism, andsovereignty.Drawingoncourt archives,publicrecords,andethnography oftheCourtofCassation,thehighestcivil courtinLebanon,Mikdashishowshow politicaldifferenceisentangledwith religious,secular,andsexualdifference.
STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
June2022288pp
9781503631557 £23.99 PB now£16.79
StapleSecurity
BreadandWheatinEgypt
JessicaBarnes
In StapleSecurity,JessicaBarnesexplores theprocessofsourcingdomesticand foreignwheatfortheproductionofbread anditsconsumptionacrossurbanandrural settings.Shetracestheanxietythat pervadesEgyptiansocietysurroundingthe possibilitythatthenationcouldrunoutof wheatorthatpeoplemightnothave enoughgoodbreadtoeat,andthedaily effortstoensurethatthisdoesnot happen.
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESSBOOKS
September202245illus.320pp
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TheCommonCamp
ArchitectureofPowerandResistancein
Israel–Palestine
IritKatz
TheCommonCamp underscorestheroleof thecampasaspatialinstrumentemployed forreshaping,controlling,andstruggling overspecificterritoriesandpopulations. Focusingonthegeopoliticalcomplexityof Israel–Palestine,thisbookexploresthe region’sextensivenetworksofcampsand theirexistenceasbothatoolofcolonial powerandamakeshiftspaceofresistance.
UNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTAPRESS
August2022100b&willus.,6maps376pp
9781517907174 £29.99 PB now£20.99
TheOneStateReality
WhatIsIsrael/Palestine?
Ed.ByMichaelBarnett,NathanJ. Brown,MarcLynch&ShibleyTelhami
Theeditorsshowthatstartingwiththeone staterealityratherthanhopingforatwo statesolutionreshapeshowweregardthe conflict,whatweconsideracceptableand unacceptablesolutions,andhowwe discussdifficultnormativequestions.The OneStateRealityforcesareconsideration offoundationalconceptssuchasstate, sovereignty,andnationaswellas encouragingdifferentreadingsofhistory
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
March20239charts372pp
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ThePersianPrince
TheRiseandResurrectionofanImperial Archetype
HamidDabashi
HamidDabashiarticulatesaboldnewidea ofthePersianPrince—ametaphorof politicalauthority,afigurativeidealdeeply rootedinthecollectivememoriesof multiplenations.AsDabashishows,the PersianPrinceremainsthestuffofcurrent debateacrosstheMuslimandPersianate worldsandaboveallintheprospectsof democraticinstitutions.
STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
June2023352pp
9781503636231 £25.99 PB now£18.19
TheWorldingofArabic Literature
Language,Affect,andtheEthicsof Translatability
AnnaZiajkaStanton
HelenTartarFirstBookSubventionPrize Arguesthatanethicaltranslationofawork ofArabicliteratureisonethattransmits theliterarinessofthesourcetext.The bookproposesthatwhentranslationis conceivedasaprocessofconvertingthe affectiveformsofonelanguageintothose ofanother,previouslyunrecognized modalitiesofworldlinessopenuptothe sourcetext.
FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS
April2023240pp
9781531503222 £27.99 PB now£19.59
TransnationalPalestine MigrationandtheRightofReturn before1948
NadimBawalsa
TensofthousandsofPalestiniansmigrated totheAmericasinthefinaldecadesofthe nineteenthcenturyandearlydecadesof thetwentieth. TransnationalPalestine is thefirstbooktoexplorethehistoryof PalestinianimmigrationtoLatinAmericaas wellasthestrugglesPalestinianmigrants facedtosecurePalestiniancitizenshipin theinterwarperiod.
STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
Series:WorldingtheMiddleEast
July2022296pp
9781503632264 £23.99 PB now£16.79
UnknowingandtheEveryday SufismandKnowledgeinIran
SeemaGolestaneh
InUnknowingandtheEverydaySeema
GolestanehexamineshowSufimystical experienceinIranshapescontemporary life.Golestanehtracestheaffectiveand sensorydimensionsofma’rifatincontexts suchasthecreationofcollectiveSufi spaces,theinterpretationofPersian poetry,formulationsofselfhoodandnonselfhood,andthenavigationofthesociomaterialrealm.
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February20234hts. 256pp
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OnSalafism
ConceptsandContexts
AzmiBishara
Bisharaoffersasophisticatedaccountof variousmovements—suchasWahabbism andHanbalism—frequentlycollapsedinto simplisticunderstandingsofSalafism. On Salafism isacrucialreadforthose interestedinIslamism,jihadism,and MiddleEastpoliticsandhistory.
STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
Series:StanfordStudiesinMiddleEasternand IslamicSocietiesandCultures
September2022246pp
9781503630352 £54.00 HB now£37.80
WalkingtheLand AHistoryofIsraeliHikingTrails ShayRabineau
ThetrailsystemcrisscrossesIsraelicontrolledterritory,fromthecountry's farthestborderstoitsdensest metropolitanareas.Yetthetrailsystem hasbeenlargelyunstudiedbyscholarsof Israel. WalkingtheLand exploresthemany waysthatIsrael'shikingtrailsare significanttoitshistory,nationalidentity, andconservationefforts.
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
Series:PerspectivesonIsraelStudies
January202310colorphotos,10b&wphotos, 17maps304pp
9780253064547 £29.99 PB now£20.99
WeAreAllArmenian VoicesfromtheDiaspora
AramMrjoian
Bringstogetherestablishedandemerging Armenianauthorstoreflectonthe complicationsofArmenianethnicidentity today.Theeighteencontributorstothis contemporaryanthologyexploreissuesof displacement,assimilation,inheritance, andbroaderdefinitionsofhome.Through engagingcreativenonfiction,manyof themquestionwhatitistobeArmenian enoughinsideanoftenunacknowledged community.
UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS
April2023224pp
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RevolutionsAesthetic ACulturalHistoryofBa'thistSyria
MaxWeiss
TheNovember1970coupthatbrought Hafizal-Asadtopowerfundamentally transformedculturalproductioninSyria.A politicalprojectsoughttoalignartistic endeavorswiththeideologicalinterestsof theregime.Weissoffersthefirstcultural andintellectualhistoryofBa'thistSyria.
STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
Series:StanfordStudiesinMiddleEasternand IslamicSocietiesandCultures
June2022456pp
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7 COMBINEDACADEMIC.CO.UK/BRISMES-2023/ stanfordstudiesinmiddleeasternandislamic societiesandculturesAPhysicianontheNile
ADescriptionofEgyptandJournalof theFamineYears
ʿ
Abdal-Laṭīfal-Baghdādī
Trans.byTimMackintosh-Smith
Beginsasadescriptionofeverydaylifein
Egyptattheturnoftheseventh/thirteenth century,beforebecomingaharrowing accountoffamineandpestilence.Itisrare tobeabletohearthevoiceofsuchaman respondingsodirectlytonovelty,beauty, andtragedy.AnEnglish-onlyedition.
NYUPRESS
October2022288pp
9781479820078 £13.99 PB now£9.79
FatetheHunter
EarlyArabicHuntingPoems
Ed.byJamesE.Montgomery
Montgomeryoffersaneweditionand translationoftwenty-sixearlyworksof huntingpoetry,or ṭardiyyāt Fatethe Huntercapturethedramaandtensionof thehuntwhileofferingmeditationson Fate,mortality,anddeath.Abilingual Arabic-Englishedition.
NYUPRESS
April2023240pp
9781479825257 £25.99 HB now£18.19
KalīlahandDimnah
FablesofVirtueandVice
ʿ
Ibnal-Muqaffa
Trans.ByMichaelFishbeinand JamesE.Montgomery
LikeAesop’sFables,KalīlahandDimnahisa collectiondesignednotonlyformoral instruction,butalso fortheentertainment ofreaders.Thestoriesareengaging, entertaining,andoftenfunny.AnEnglishonlyedition.
NYUPRESS
April2023300pp
9781479825776 £13.99 PB now£9.79
Love,Death,Fame
PoetryandLorefromtheEmiratiOral Tradition
al-MāyidīibnẒāhir
Trans.byMarcelKurpershoek
Love,Death, Fame featuresthepoetryof al-Māyidīibn Ẓāhir.DistinguishedbyIbn Ẓāhir’suniquevoice, Love,Death,Fame offersaglimpseofwhatlifewaslikefour centuriesagointheregionthatisnowthe UAE.AnEnglish-onlyedition.
NYUPRESS
August2023300pp
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TheBookofCharlatans
Jamālal-Dīn ʿAbdal-RaḥīmalJawbarī
Trans.byHumphreyDavies
Acomprehensiveguidetotrickeryand scamsaspracticedinthethirteenth centuryinthecitiesoftheMiddleEast, especiallyinSyriaandEgypt.Covering everythingfrominvisiblewritingto doctoringgemstonesandquackmedicine, thisbookopensafascinatingwindowinto professionalconartistsinthemedieval Arabworld.
NYUPRESS
May2022300pp
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TheBookofTravels ḤannāDiyāb
Trans.byEliasMuhanna
Diyāb’sremarkablefirst-personaccountof histravelsasayoungmanfromhis hometownofAleppotothecourtof Versaillesandbackagain.Translatedinto Englishforthefirsttime,thebook introducesreaderstotheyoungSyrian responsibleforsomeofthemostbeloved storiesfrom theThousandandOneNights.
NYUPRESS
September2022468pp
9781479820016 £15.99 PB now£11.19