Maliha Abidi
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Vibrant Portraits: A Conversation With Maliha Abidi

By Written by Piney Kesting
After growing up in Karachi, Pakistan, and moving to California as a...
Eric Broug
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Finding Structure: A Conversation with Eric Broug

Fascinated with Islamic culture, Broug turned his interest to Islamic geometric design.
R. Neil Hewison
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Lives in Clay: A Conversation with R. Neil Hewison

By Written by Kyle Pakka
Celebrating tradition in pottery.
Elizabeth Laird
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Finding Echoes of Stories Across Cultures: A Conversation With Elizabeth Laird

By Written by Kay Hardy Campbell
Growing up in South London, children’s book author Elizabeth Laird...
Rachel Beckles Willson
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A Personal Exploration of the `ud: A Conversation With Rachel Beckles Willson

By Written by Kay Hardy Campbell
Entranced by sound and history
Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East
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Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East

By Amanda H. Podany.
Reviewed by Christina Riggs on August 9, 2024
This insightful history of life in the Ancient Near East from 3500 to...
African Art Now: 50 Pioneers Defining African Art for the Twenty-First Century
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African Art Now: 50 Pioneers Defining African Art for the Twenty-First Century

By Osei Bonsu.
Reviewed by Nurtilek Abdimalikov on May 1, 2024
Although often overlooked in the modern art world, over the past decade...
Treasured: How Tutankhamun Shaped a Century
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Treasured: How Tutankhamun Shaped a Century

By Christina Riggs
Reviewed by Dianna Wray on September 2, 2023
Despite a century spent marveling at the 3,300-year-old tomb of...
Muslims and Citizens: Islam, Politics and the French Revolution
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Muslims and Citizens: Islam, Politics and the French Revolution

By Ian Coller
Reviewed by Dianna Wray on January 1, 2023
It wasn’t until he found himself thousands of kilometers from his...
Amazing Women of the Middle East: 25 Stories from Ancient Times to Present Day
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Amazing Women of the Middle East: 25 Stories from Ancient Times to Present Day

By Wafa’ Tarnowska
Reviewed by Piney Kesting on March 12, 2021
Writer, translator and storyteller Wafa’ Tarnowska’s...
Ancient Ivory: Masterpieces of the Assyrian Empire
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Ancient Ivory: Masterpieces of the Assyrian Empire

By Georgina Herrmann
Reviewed by Graham Chandler on May 15, 2018
British archeologist Austen Henry Layard discovered the first pieces of...
Ibn Tulun: His Lost city and Great Mosque
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Ibn Tulun: His Lost city and Great Mosque

By Tarek Swelim
Reviewed by Tom Verde on March 1, 2017
This elegant, richly illustrated volume covers the history, architecture...

A Million Steps: Discovering the Lebanon Mountain Trail

By Hana El-Hibri
Reviewed by Alia Yuni on October 1, 2012
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Abundance from the Desert: Classical Arabic Poetry

By Raymond Farrin
Reviewed by Kay Hardy Campbell on April 1, 2012
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A Muslim American Slave: The Life of Omar ibn Said

By Ala Alryyes, trans. and ed.
Reviewed by Jonathan Curiel on April 1, 2012
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A Palace in the Old Village

By Tahar Ben Jelloun. Linda Coverdale, trans.
Reviewed by Alia Yunis on April 1, 2012
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A World I Loved: The Story of an Arab Woman

By Wadad Makdisi Cortas
Reviewed by Piney Kesting on April 1, 2012
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A Brief Introduction to Modern Arabic Literature

By David Tresilian
Reviewed by Ann Walton Sieber on April 1, 2011
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A History of Egypt from Earliest Times to the Present

By Jason Thompson
Reviewed by Kyle Pakka on April 1, 2011
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428 AD: An Ordinary Year at the End of the Roman Empire

By Traina, Giusto
Reviewed by Joseph P. Duggan on October 1, 2010
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A Journey into the World of the Ottomans: The Art of Jean-Baptiste Vanmour (1671–1737)

By Nefedova, Olga
Reviewed on April 1, 2010
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A Photographer on the Hajj: The Travels of Mohammed Ali Effendi Sa‘oudi (1904–1908)

By Farid Kioumgi and Robert Graham
Reviewed on April 1, 2010
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Zeitoun

By Eggers, Dave
Reviewed on April 1, 2010
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Abu Dhabi: Oil and Beyond

By Christopher M. Davidson
Reviewed on October 1, 2009
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