Yitzhak Rabin, by Itamar Rabinovich – An Extract
The Six Day War was fought between 5th and 10th June 1967 by Israel and the neighbouring states of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. On the 50th…
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Remembering the 1967 Six Day War by Guy Laron
The Six Day War was fought between 5th and 10th June 1967 by Israel and the neighbouring states of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. On the 50th…
Battle for Syria, Part One: The Impact of International Involvement
‘We cannot understand the Syrian civil war without understanding the complex web of international relations surrounding it’ Most accounts of Syria’s brutal, long-lasting civil…
Islamism: A Series of Short Talks by Tarek Osman
Author Tarek Osman is a political economist and broadcaster focused on the Arab and Islamic worlds. In this series of short video clips, he…
The Arab Revolt: A Century On …
The Arab Revolt: A Century On … by Neil Faulkner As the call to prayer from the minaret of the Great Mosque died away…
The Past, Present, and Future of America and the Islamic World
The Past, Present, and Future of America and the Islamic World by Tarek Osman In 1801, the rulers of Tripoli, in today’s Libya, declared…
Lawrence of Arabia’s War – An Introduction by Neil Faulkner
‘A misfit and maverick, a romantic and orientalist, an archaeologist and wartime intelligence officer, he was perhaps a most unlikely man of action.’ Dr….
Five Years On: The Arab Spring – in Books
Five years on from the Tahrir Square uprising that shook the world in 2011, we are still debating what the Arab Spring means for…
Yale on Tour: WOCMES in Ankara
One of the nicer things about being an internationally renowned publishing house is that Yale books are in high demand all over the globe, and this…
Autumn 2011 Preview: New books on the Middle east
Yale University Press publishes cutting-edge current affairs books. Today we look at Yale’s Autumn 2011 list, picking specific titles that deal with conflicts in…
Crisis in the Arab World: Free Download
Yale University Press presents a FREE DOWNLOAD of chapters from three of its acclaimed, prescient and immensely readable books on the Arab region. The…