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Sifts through the works of a score of contemporary Arab chroniclers of the Crusades, eyewitnesses and often participants in the events. This book retells their stories in their own style, giving us a vivid portrait of a society rent by internal conflicts, and shaken by a traumatic encounter with an alien culture.

Newly discovered collection of unpublished stories by key figure and Nobel Prize winner in literature, these fable-like stories carry Mahfouz's signature observations of the human character, taking the reader deep into the beating heart of Cairo

A unique and compelling collection of memoir and personal stories by Arab LGBTQ+ writers edited by the Arab-Australian journalist, Elias Jahshan.

Fascinating, provocative and meticulously researched biography that challenges long-held assumptions about the man we know as Jesus of Nazareth. From the internationally bestselling author of No god but God.

Eric Berkowitz evokes the entire sweep of Western sex law, from the savage impalement of an Ancient Mesopotamian adulteress to the imprisonment of Oscar Wilde in 1895 for 'gross indecency'.

After Zionism brings together some of the world's leading thinkers on the most pressing issue of our time. In essays that challenge our assumptions, distinguished contributors with distinct and divergent perspectives dissect the century-long conflict between Zionism and the Palestinians. Time has run out for the two-state solution because of the unending and permanent Israeli colonisation of Palestinian land. The Hamas attacks of 7 October 2023 and Israel's subsequent devastation of Gaza have given renewed urgency to the discussion. After Zionism explores possible forms of a one-state solution and a future that honours and respects the rights of all who live in Palestine and Israel. This timely new edition includes a new preface and essays by Omar Barghouti, Jonathan Cook, Joseph Dana, Jeremiah Haber, Jeff Halper, Ghada Karmi, Antony Loewenstein, Saree Makdisi, John Mearsheimer, Ilan Pappe, Sara Roy and Phil Weiss.

A fascinating examination on how restricting speech has continuously shaped our culture, and how - regardless of political leanings - every individual can act as both the suppressors and the suppressed.

Short stories at their most moving and immediate; this new collection from prize-winning author Leila Aboulela spans twenty years of her work.

Unique anthology celebrating British women writers from a Muslim heritage. Writers include literary heavyweights such as Adhaf Soueif, Leila Aboulela and Kamila Shamsie, as well as young emerging artists leading the way on the UK's spoken word scene. Extensive PR campaign planned for publication.

In October 2015, photographer Giles Duley was commissioned by the UNHCR to document the refugee crisis.

Mernissi explores the historical links between the religion of Islam, the societal oppression of women, and the suppression of democracy in predominantly Muslim nations.

A modern classic of Soviet literature, a love story that ranks alongside Turgenev's First Love.

Driven by famine from their home in the Rif, Mohamed's family walks to Tangiers in search of a better life. But things are no better there. Eight of his siblings die of malnutrition and neglect, and one is killed by his father in a fit of rage. This is a memoir of a young Moroccan boy's coming of age in a time of extreme poverty and degradation.

'Nobody knows how much I owe that man', Primo Levi said of his Italian compatriot Lorenzo Perrone, who saved his life at Auschwitz. 'I could never repay him'. Each day for a period of six months, Perrone, who worked beside Auschwitz in desperate conditions, risked his own life to smuggle part of his own soup ration to Levi, quietly leaving the mess tin by a half-constructed brick wall. Without those extra five hundred calories, Levi could not have survived, and would probably not have written If This Is a Man, the first published account by a Holocaust survivor. In A Man of Few Words, Carlo Greppi pieces together the life of Lorenzo Perrone, a bricklayer from the Piedmontese town of Fossano, not far from Levi's native Turin. Near-destitute and with minimal formal education, Perrone left very few traces of himself. Yet despite their stark differences - Levi was a middle-class chemist - their friendship survived the Holocaust and continued until Perrone's tragic death. Levi never forgot Perrone. In every book he wrote, he mentions that he owes his life to a man named Lorenzo, and he returned persistently, in the last years of his life, to the man of few words who saved his life. Compassionate, worldly and prescient, Greppi brings us a story that has much to say about the world we live in today, about an individual who kept hope alive in one of the darkest times and places known to humankind.

Daybreak in Gaza humanises the people dismissed as mere statistics and 'collateral damage', showing Gazans as artists and storytellers with lives full of culture and meaning. This book seeks to preserve the heritage that has been lost, and that which can never be lost, revealing the wealth of Gaza's cultural landscape and the depth of its history.

A collection of soups, salads, meats and deserts. It includes over a hundred inventive recipes: lentil soup with tomatoes, calamari and coriander salad, five-spice lamb and rice, fried halloumi cheese with quince jam, pumpkin kibbeh, pears in arak, and rose ice cream, to name but a few.

Living in France but ravaged by memories of war in Algeria, Mohand-Said has withdrawn into his own world. Xavier retraces the steps of his dignified and strong-willed illiterate father: from Kabylia to the factory in Normandy where his he would spend the rest of life. As he breaks with tradition, Xavier finds which doors slam closed and which open.

The widespread Arab uprisings of theearly 2010s were followed by authoritarian backlash, economic collapse and foodand energy insecurity. The hopes of millions in the regionwere shattered for the development of moredemocratic structures and better living conditions. The Dispossessed Generation provides invaluable insights into theself-perceptions and life chances of young people in the Middle East and NorthAfrica. It offers an in-depth and comprehensive analysis of a survey of 12,000sixteen- to thirty- year-olds, from Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen. While an entire generation has been further disenfranchised, this volume nevertheless illuminates the extent to which many young people inthe region are engaged with their societies, determined to mine newopportunities from a multiplicity of crises. The Arab uprisings of the early 2010s, whichraised many hopes, were followed by setbacks: authoritarian backlashes, economic collapses, accelerated climate change, the Corona pandemic and finallythe Ukraine war with its impact on food and energy security. After efforts tocreate more democratic structures failed to sustainably improve livingconditions and an entire generation of young people was further disenfranchisedand dispossessed by the crises, disappointment and helplessness now prevail.Nevertheless, as this study also shows, some groups are energetically engagedin society and are optimistic that the severe crises will also open up newopportunities.

A radical exploration of the power and public (mis)representation of women's bodies, from ancient mysteries to the present day.Wild and strange stories have been told about the female body since antiquity. While legends of poisoned hymens and fanged vaginas circulated, the first creation figure, Mother Earth, fell out of popular cultural history and Christianity introduced the birth of woman, Eve, from a crooked rib. Ranging from the empowering to the absurd, ancient tales about the female figure and gendered body parts have not only survived the twenty-first century but continue to influence modern discourse.The Shrinking Goddess brings together these myths about the female form and traces subsequent male efforts to 'tame' it. Mineke Schipper examines how women's bodies have been represented since records began - the first Venus and vulva figures date to 40,000 BCE - and around the world, from the so-called island of menstruating men in Papua New Guinea to the Japanese supermarkets and European festivals where 'breast puddings' are still considered delicacies. Drawing together the vast reservoir of myths, proverbs, art, science and scripture that shape how women are seen in the present day, Schipper reclaims the female body as a source of power.The Shrinking Goddess will appeal to readers of Mary Beard, Angela Davis, Betty Friedan, Germaine Greer, Audre Lorde and Marina Warner

A groundbreaking survey of the language used around queerness in the Arab world, with contributions by leading Arab queer writers, thinkers and activists, The Queer Arab Glossary is a first-of-its-kind surveyof the linguistic landscape surrounding queerness in the Arab world. It bringstogether more than 300 words and terms used to refer to queer people across thespoken Arabic dialects, ranging from the humorous to the harrowing, serious totongue-in-cheek, pejorative to endearing. Featuring anecdotes and fascinating historical facts, thebilingual glossary paints a linguistic picture of how queer bodies areperceived within the Arab region. It includes insightful essays by eightleading Arab queer artists, academics, activists and writers, which situate theglossary in a modern social and political context. With beautiful, witty illustrations by Haitham Haddad, TheQueer Arab Glossary is a powerful response to myths about queer people inthe Arab world. It is proof that the LGBTQI+ Arab community is alive andthriving.

The impassioned memoir of Afghanistan's Sima Samar: medical doctor, public official, founder of schools and hospitals, thorn in the side of the Taliban, nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize, and lifelong advocate for girls and women

The Nile brings them life, but the Nile also takes away.A small farming village in North Sudan wakes up one morning to the news that a little boy has drowned. Soon after, the animals die of a mysterious illness and the date gardens catch fire and burn to the ground. The villagers whisper of a sorceress who dwells at the foot of the mountains. It is the dry season. The men have places to go, the women have work to do, the children play at the place where the river runs over its own banks. Sixteen-year-old Fatima yearns to leave the village for Khartoum.In Khartoum, a single mother makes her way in a world that wants to keep girls and women back. As civil war swells, the political intrudes into the personal and her position in the capital becomes untenable. She must return to the village.A Mouth Full of Salt uncovers a country on the brink of seismic change as its women decide for themselves which traditions are fit for purpose - and which prophecies it's time to rewrite

A unique investigation into the aesthetics of colour in Islamic art revealing its deeper symbolic and mystical meanings.It reconstructs concepts of beauty and the function of art in the periods before and during the Safavid period. Critical text for art historians, anthropologists and humanities students and scholars.

Arab women poets have been around since the earliest of times, yettheir diwans (collected poems) were kept in the shadows. Spanning more than 5000 years, from the pre-Islamic to the Andalusianperiods, Classical Poems by Arab Women presents rarely seen work by over sixty women writers who boldly refused to be silenced. From sorrowful eulogies to gleeful scorn, this collection offers a rich excursion into the vibrant, exclusively female worlds of pleasure, passion and pain, suppressed forcenturies by religious and political bigotry. With poems in both English and Arabic, this bespoke gift edition celebrates feminine wit and desire, and pays homage to the significant contribution women have made to Arabic literary tradition.