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The Meeting of Civilizations: Muslim, Christian and Jewish

By Moshe Ma'oz

Exile in the Maghreb: Jews under Islam, Sources and Documents, 997-1912

By Paul B. Fenton, David G. Littman

A Soaring Minaret: Abu Bakr al-Wasiti and the Rise of Baghdadi Sufism

By Laury Silvers

Hezbollah: A Short History - Updated Edition

By Augustus Richard Norton

Justice Interrupted: The Struggle for Constitutional Government in the Middle East

By Elizabeth F. Thompson

Reforging a Forgotten History: Iraq and the Assyrians in the Twentieth Century

By Sargon Donabed

Arab World Upended: Revolution and its Aftermath in Tunisia and Egypt

By David B. Ottaway

Rethinking Iranian Nationalism and Modernity

By Kamran Scot Aghaie, Afshin Marashi

Salvation and Hell in Classical Islamic Thought: Can Allah Save Us All?

By Marco Demichelis

Mandatory Separation: Religion, Education, and Mass Politics in Palestine

By Suzanne Schneider

The Book of Unveiling: Early Fatimid Ismaili Doctrine in the Kitab al-Kashf, attributed to Ja'far b. Mansur b. al-Yaman

By Fares Gillon

The Emergence of Modern Shi'ism: Islamic Reform in Iraq and Iran

By Zackery M. Heern

The Eastern Frontier: Limits of Empire in Late Antique and Early Medieval Central Asia

By Prof. Robert Haug

Qur'an and the Lyric Imperative

By Richard Serrano

Music of a Thousand Years: A New History of Persian Musical Traditions

By Ann E. Lucas

Maimonides and the Merchants: Jewish Law and Society in the Medieval Islamic World

By Mark R. Cohen

Revolt in the Desert

By T. E. Lawrence

Inside Tunisia's al-Nahda: Between Politics and Preaching

By Rory McCarthy (University of Oxford)

Le Shaykhisme a la Periode Qajare: Histoire Sociale Et Doctrinale d'Une Ecole Chiite

By Denis Hermann

Islam and Literalism: Literal Meaning and Interpretation in Islamic Legal Theory

By Robert Gleave

Between Christ and Caliph: Law, Marriage, and Christian Community in Early Islam

By Lev E. Weitz

The Folktales of Palestine: Cultural Identity, Memory and the Politics of Storytelling

By Farah Aboubakr (University of Edinburgh, UK)

Jihad and Death: The Global Appeal of Islamic State

By Olivier Roy

The Dream in Islam: From Qur'anic Tradition to Jihadist Inspiration

By Iain R. Edgar

Field Notes: The Making of Middle East Studies in the United States

By Zachary Lockman

Shadow Wars: The Secret Struggle for the Middle East

By Christopher Davidson

The Seljuqs: Politics, Society and Culture

By Christian Lange, Songl Mecit

East by Mid-East: Studies in Cultural, Historical and Strategic Connectivities

By Brannon Wheeler, Anchi Hoh

Javanmardi: The Ethics and Practice of Persianate Perfection

By Lloyd Ridgeon

The Hijaz: The First Islamic State

By Malik Dahlan