AUB and Ras Beirut in 150 Years of Photographs

AUB and Ras Beirut in 150 Years of Photographs

By Maria Bashshur Abunassar
Reviewed by William Tracy on January 15, 2020
This coffee-table volume of photography focusing on the American...
The Tentmakers of Cairo: Egypt’s Medieval and Modern Appliqué Craft

The Tentmakers of Cairo: Egypt’s Medieval and Modern Appliqué Craft

By Seif El Rashidi and Sam Bowker
Reviewed by Caroline Stone on September 15, 2019
This book is a model of how to make the fruit of specialized academic...
Mr Five Per Cent: The Many Lives of Calouste Gulbenkian, the World’s Richest Man

Mr Five Per Cent: The Many Lives of Calouste Gulbenkian, the World’s Richest Man

By Jonathan Conlin
Reviewed by Robert W. Lebling on September 15, 2019
When Armenian Turkish businessman Calouste Gulbenkian died in 1955, Life...
Legacy in Stone: Syria Before War

Legacy in Stone: Syria Before War

By Kevin Bubriski.
Reviewed by Judy Sultan on July 15, 2019
Today, many only know Syria as a geopolitical disaster and humanitarian...
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...
Out of the Desert: My Journey from Nomadic Bedouin to the Heart of Global Oil

Out of the Desert: My Journey from Nomadic Bedouin to the Heart of Global Oil

By Ali Al-Naimi
Reviewed by William Tracy on May 1, 2017
“If I, a poverty-stricken Bedouin kid born in a desert, can make...

A History of Islam in America

By Kambiz GhaneaBassiri
Reviewed by Asma Hasan on October 1, 2012
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A Million Steps: Discovering the Lebanon Mountain Trail

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

By Raymond Farrin
Reviewed by Kay Hardy Campbell 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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