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...

The Scent of Jasmine: Coming of Age in Jerusalem and Damascus

By Anan Ameri
Reviewed by Piney Kesting on November 15, 2017
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Sovereign Women in a Muslim Kingdom: The Sultanahs of Aceh, 1641–1699

By Sher Banu A. L. Khan
Reviewed by Tom Verde on November 15, 2017
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Protecting Pharaoh's Treasures: My Life in Egyptology

By Wafaa El Saddik with Rüdiger Heimlich. Russell Stockman, trans.
Reviewed by Jane Waldron Grutz on September 15, 2017
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Africa Solo: My World Record Race from Cairo to Cape Town

By Mark Beaumont
Reviewed by Brian Clark on September 12, 2017
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Art, Trade and Culture in the Islamic World and Beyond: From the Fatimids to the Mughals

By Alison Ohta, J.M. Rogers and Rosalid Wade Haddon, eds.
Reviewed by Lee Lawrence on September 12, 2017
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Camera Orientalis: Reflections on Photography of the Middle East; The Arab Imago: A Social History of Portrait Photography 1860-1910

By Ali Behdad; Stephen Sheehi
Reviewed by Tom Verde on September 12, 2017
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Deeper Than Indigo: Tracing Thomas Machell, Forgotten Explorer

By Jenny Balfour Paul
Reviewed by Caroline Stone on September 12, 2017
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How I Became a Mummy; Lost in a Pyramid & Other Classic Mummy Stories

By Leena Pekkalainen; Andrew Smith, ed.
Reviewed by Margaret Powis on September 12, 2017
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The Race for Paradise: An Islamic History of the Crusades

By Paul M. Cobb
Reviewed by Robert W. Lebling on September 12, 2017
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Signs of Our Times: From Calligraphy to Calligraffiti

By Rose Issa, Juliet Cestar and Venetia Porter
Reviewed by Lee Lawrence on September 12, 2017
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Cairo Inside Out

By Trevor Naylor. Photographs by Doriana Dimitrova
Reviewed by Tom Verde on September 11, 2017
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The Gaza Kitchen: A Palestinian Culinary Journey

By Laila El-Haddad and Maggie Schmitt
Reviewed by Tom Verde on June 29, 2017
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