1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed

1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed

By Eric H. Cline
Reviewed by Hannah Sterenberg on August 25, 2021
 Revised during a pivotal time in history—2020—to...
Amazing Women of the Middle East: 25 Stories from Ancient Times to Present Day

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...
Nefertiti, Queen and Pharaoh of Egypt: Her Life and Afterlife

Nefertiti, Queen and Pharaoh of Egypt: Her Life and Afterlife

By Aidan Dodson
Reviewed by Alva Robinson on March 10, 2021
The unearthing of Nefertiti's 3,000-year-old bust in 1912 has...
The Magnificent Conman of Cairo: A Novel

The Magnificent Conman of Cairo: A Novel

By Adel Kamel. Waleed Almusharaf, tr.
Reviewed by Marina Ali on January 15, 2021
In this underrated piece of Arab literature, we follow the lives of...
Parwana: Recipes and Stories From an Afghan Kitchen

Parwana: Recipes and Stories From an Afghan Kitchen

By Durkhanai Ayubi
Reviewed by Tom Verde on January 15, 2021
Afghani-born restaurateur Durkhanai Ayubi honors her parents, Zelmai and...
The Land Beyond: A Thousand Miles on Foot Through the Heart of the Middle East

The Land Beyond: A Thousand Miles on Foot Through the Heart of the Middle East

By Leon McCarron
Reviewed by Matthew Teller on September 15, 2018
At one point in this personal account of a long-distance trek across the...
Ancient Ivory: Masterpieces of the Assyrian Empire

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...
Julie Taboulie’s Lebanese Kitchen: Authentic Recipes for Fresh and Flavorful Mediterranean Home Cooking

Julie Taboulie’s Lebanese Kitchen: Authentic Recipes for Fresh and Flavorful Mediterranean Home Cooking

By Julie Ann Sageer with Leah Bhabha
Reviewed by Tom Verde on February 8, 2018
Julie Ann Sageer earned her nickname “Julie Taboulie” from...
The Aleppo Cookbook: Celebrating the Legendary Cuisine of Syria

The Aleppo Cookbook: Celebrating the Legendary Cuisine of Syria

By Marlene Matar
Reviewed by Tom Verde on May 1, 2017
Considering the recent fate of Aleppo, it is easy to be distracted from...
Aleppo: The Rise and Fall of Syria's Great Merchant City

Aleppo: The Rise and Fall of Syria's Great Merchant City

By Philip Mansel
Reviewed by Matthew Teller on May 1, 2017
In this timely publication, as Syria’s second city suffers from...

Gold Dust

By Ibrahim al-Koni. Elliot Colla, tr
Reviewed by Mae Ghalwash on August 25, 2021
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Knowledge and the Ends of Empire: Kazakh Intermediaries & Russian Rule on the Steppe, 1731–1917

By Ian W. Campbell
Reviewed by Alva Robinson on November 15, 2019
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Jedba: Spiritual Music from Morocco

By Abdesselam Damoussi and Nour Eddine
Reviewed by Banning Eyre on July 15, 2019
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Andalusia of Love (Andalus al-Hob)

By Marcel Khalife
Reviewed by Piney Kesting on September 12, 2017
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I Speak Fula

By Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba
Reviewed on April 1, 2010
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Aman Iman (Water is Life)

By Tinariwen
Reviewed on April 15, 2008
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A Bridge Over the Mediterranean

By The Chehade Brothers
Reviewed on April 1, 2006
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Tékitoi

By Taha, Rachid
Reviewed on April 1, 2005
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Cleopatra

By Wahab, Mohamed Abdel
Reviewed on April 1, 2003
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