Introduction to Middle Eastern History

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The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East
The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East 4.41 avg rating — 5,520 ratings
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A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East
A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East 4.22 avg rating — 9,543 ratings
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Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War
Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War 4.30 avg rating — 806 ratings
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The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy
The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy 4.09 avg rating — 3,940 ratings
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A History of the Modern Middle East
A History of the Modern Middle East 4.08 avg rating — 1,739 ratings
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Orientalism
Orientalism 4.13 avg rating — 28,507 ratings
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The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine 4.54 avg rating — 9,709 ratings
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Pity the Nation: The Abduction of Lebanon
Pity the Nation: The Abduction of Lebanon 4.44 avg rating — 2,352 ratings
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A Political Economy of the Middle East
A Political Economy of the Middle East really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 39 ratings
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State, Power and Politics in the Making of the Modern Middle East
State, Power and Politics in the Making of the Modern Middle East 3.47 avg rating — 102 ratings
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On Saudi Arabia: Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines - and Future
On Saudi Arabia: Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines - and Future 3.78 avg rating — 1,426 ratings
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The Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads and Modernity
The Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads and Modernity
by: Tariq Ali
3.82 avg rating — 902 ratings
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All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror 4.29 avg rating — 10,839 ratings
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Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel and the Palestinians
Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel and the Palestinians 4.21 avg rating — 1,154 ratings
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Middle East Patterns: Places, Peoples, and Politics
Middle East Patterns: Places, Peoples, and Politics 3.84 avg rating — 31 ratings
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A Modern History of the Islamic World
A Modern History of the Islamic World 3.65 avg rating — 26 ratings
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Ten Myths About Israel
Ten Myths About Israel 4.40 avg rating — 5,292 ratings
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The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of Gaza and the Occupied Territories
The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of Gaza and the Occupied Territories 4.36 avg rating — 1,288 ratings
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The New Arabs: How the Millennial Generation is Changing the Middle East
The New Arabs: How the Millennial Generation is Changing the Middle East 3.72 avg rating — 85 ratings
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Resurrecting Empire: Western Footprints and America's Perilous Path in the Middle East
Resurrecting Empire: Western Footprints and America's Perilous Path in the Middle East 3.84 avg rating — 384 ratings
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Colonising Egypt
Colonising Egypt 3.93 avg rating — 1,008 ratings
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A History of the Arab Peoples
A History of the Arab Peoples 3.88 avg rating — 4,550 ratings
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The Hidden Face of Eve: Women in the Arab World
The Hidden Face of Eve: Women in the Arab World 4.01 avg rating — 1,764 ratings
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From Deep State to Islamic State: The Arab Counter-Revolution and its Jihadi Legacy (CERI Series in Comparative Politics and International Studies)
From Deep State to Islamic State: The Arab Counter-Revolution and its Jihadi Legacy (CERI Series in Comparative Politics and International Studies) 3.67 avg rating — 70 ratings
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Islam and the Arab Awakening
Islam and the Arab Awakening 3.72 avg rating — 147 ratings
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The Modern Middle East: A History
The Modern Middle East: A History 3.86 avg rating — 830 ratings
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Kingmakers: The Invention of the Modern Middle East
Kingmakers: The Invention of the Modern Middle East 3.76 avg rating — 211 ratings
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Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly, and the Making of the Modern Middle East
Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly, and the Making of the Modern Middle East 4.08 avg rating — 16,525 ratings
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The Venture of Islam, Vol 1: The Classical Age of Islam
The Venture of Islam, Vol 1: The Classical Age of Islam 4.22 avg rating — 519 ratings
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The Venture of Islam, Vol 2: The Expansion of Islam in the Middle Periods
The Venture of Islam, Vol 2: The Expansion of Islam in the Middle Periods 4.19 avg rating — 188 ratings
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The Venture of Islam, Vol 3: The Gunpowder Empires and Modern Times
The Venture of Islam, Vol 3: The Gunpowder Empires and Modern Times 4.13 avg rating — 143 ratings
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Being Arab
Being Arab 3.76 avg rating — 393 ratings
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Beware of Small States: Lebanon, Battleground of the Middle East
Beware of Small States: Lebanon, Battleground of the Middle East 4.09 avg rating — 345 ratings
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The Mantle of the Prophet: Religion and Politics in Iran
The Mantle of the Prophet: Religion and Politics in Iran 4.09 avg rating — 653 ratings
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A Savage War of Peace: Algeria, 1954-1962
A Savage War of Peace: Algeria, 1954-1962 4.23 avg rating — 2,894 ratings
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The Old Social Classes & The Revolutionary Movement In Iraq: A Study of Iraq's Old Landed and Commercial Classes and of its Communists, Ba'thists and Free Officers
The Old Social Classes & The Revolutionary Movement In Iraq: A Study of Iraq's Old Landed and Commercial Classes and of its Communists, Ba'thists and Free Officers 4.66 avg rating — 56 ratings
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When Baghdad Ruled the Muslim World: The Rise and Fall of Islam's Greatest Dynasty
When Baghdad Ruled the Muslim World: The Rise and Fall of Islam's Greatest Dynasty 3.72 avg rating — 339 ratings
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A History of Islamic Societies
A History of Islamic Societies 4.03 avg rating — 392 ratings
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Over-Stating the Arab State: Politics and Society in the Middle East
Over-Stating the Arab State: Politics and Society in the Middle East 4.22 avg rating — 90 ratings
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Iran: A People Interrupted
Iran: A People Interrupted 3.60 avg rating — 168 ratings
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A History of Saudi Arabia
A History of Saudi Arabia 3.68 avg rating — 266 ratings
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Forgotten Voices
Forgotten Voices 3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Contending Visions of the Middle East: The History and Politics of Orientalism (The Contemporary Middle East, Series Number 3)
Contending Visions of the Middle East: The History and Politics of Orientalism (The Contemporary Middle East, Series Number 3) 4.02 avg rating — 237 ratings
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Greek Thought, Arabic Culture: The Graeco-Arabic Translation Movement in Baghdad and Early Abbasid Society
Greek Thought, Arabic Culture: The Graeco-Arabic Translation Movement in Baghdad and Early Abbasid Society 4.18 avg rating — 175 ratings
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Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq
Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq 4.29 avg rating — 182 ratings
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Turkey: A Modern History
Turkey: A Modern History 4.17 avg rating — 1,357 ratings
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Water on Sand: Environmental Histories of the Middle East and North Africa
Water on Sand: Environmental Histories of the Middle East and North Africa 4.25 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Muhammad: Prophet and Statesman
Muhammad: Prophet and Statesman 3.76 avg rating — 255 ratings
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Muhammad
Muhammad 3.96 avg rating — 354 ratings
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Islam and Capitalism
Islam and Capitalism 3.87 avg rating — 70 ratings
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Marxism and the Muslim World
Marxism and the Muslim World 3.66 avg rating — 29 ratings
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In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire
In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire 3.90 avg rating — 5,311 ratings
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The Berlin-Baghdad Express: The Ottoman Empire and Germany's Bid for World Power
The Berlin-Baghdad Express: The Ottoman Empire and Germany's Bid for World Power 3.90 avg rating — 493 ratings
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The Formation of Islam: Religion and Society in the Near East, 600-1800
The Formation of Islam: Religion and Society in the Near East, 600-1800 3.68 avg rating — 192 ratings
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The Far Enemy: Why Jihad Went Global
The Far Enemy: Why Jihad Went Global 3.73 avg rating — 96 ratings
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The People's Spring: The Future of the Arab Revolution
The People's Spring: The Future of the Arab Revolution 2.90 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Cairo: 1001 Years of the City Victorious
Cairo: 1001 Years of the City Victorious 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam
Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam 3.90 avg rating — 315 ratings
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The Modern History of Iraq
The Modern History of Iraq 3.78 avg rating — 109 ratings
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This Time We Went Too Far: Truth & Consequences of the Gaza Invasion
This Time We Went Too Far: Truth & Consequences of the Gaza Invasion 4.19 avg rating — 283 ratings
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Quicksand: America's Pursuit of Power in the Middle East
Quicksand: America's Pursuit of Power in the Middle East 4.08 avg rating — 130 ratings
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Algeria: Anger of the Dispossessed
Algeria: Anger of the Dispossessed 3.91 avg rating — 81 ratings
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Syrian Notebooks: Inside the Homs Uprising
Syrian Notebooks: Inside the Homs Uprising 3.61 avg rating — 297 ratings
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Armed Struggle and the Search for State: The Palestinian National Movement, 1949-1993
Armed Struggle and the Search for State: The Palestinian National Movement, 1949-1993 4.27 avg rating — 55 ratings
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The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World (Norton Paperback)
The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World (Norton Paperback) 4.20 avg rating — 932 ratings
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Women and Gender in Islam
Women and Gender in Islam 4.10 avg rating — 1,724 ratings
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The Society of the Muslim Brothers
The Society of the Muslim Brothers 4.03 avg rating — 76 ratings
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Modern Iran. Roots and Results of Revolution
Modern Iran. Roots and Results of Revolution 3.78 avg rating — 288 ratings
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Ambiguities of Domination: Politics, Rhetoric, and Symbols in Contemporary Syria
Ambiguities of Domination: Politics, Rhetoric, and Symbols in Contemporary Syria 4.02 avg rating — 281 ratings
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Al-Qaeda : The True Story of Radical Islam
Al-Qaeda : The True Story of Radical Islam 4.02 avg rating — 530 ratings
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The Crusades Through Arab Eyes
The Crusades Through Arab Eyes 4.20 avg rating — 10,231 ratings
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Good Muslim, Bad Muslim: America, the Cold War, and the Roots of Terror
Good Muslim, Bad Muslim: America, the Cold War, and the Roots of Terror 4.09 avg rating — 1,127 ratings
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Bad News From Israel
Bad News From Israel 4.12 avg rating — 41 ratings
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Islamic Science and the Making of the European Renaissance (Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology)
Islamic Science and the Making of the European Renaissance (Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology) 4.13 avg rating — 158 ratings
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Who Speaks for Islam?: What a Billion Muslims Really Think
Who Speaks for Islam?: What a Billion Muslims Really Think 4.05 avg rating — 1,111 ratings
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Beyond Islam: A New Understanding of the Middle East
Beyond Islam: A New Understanding of the Middle East 4.39 avg rating — 18 ratings
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The Road to Iraq: The Making of a Neoconservative War
The Road to Iraq: The Making of a Neoconservative War 4.39 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Defending the Holy Land: A Critical Analysis of Israel's Security and Foreign Policy
Defending the Holy Land: A Critical Analysis of Israel's Security and Foreign Policy
by: Zeev Maoz
4.28 avg rating — 46 ratings
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A House of Many Mansions: The History of Lebanon Reconsidered
A House of Many Mansions: The History of Lebanon Reconsidered 4.14 avg rating — 513 ratings
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Islam, Charity, and Activism: Middle-Class Networks and Social Welfare in Egypt, Jordan, and Yemen
Islam, Charity, and Activism: Middle-Class Networks and Social Welfare in Egypt, Jordan, and Yemen 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
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The Ottoman Empire, 1700-1922
The Ottoman Empire, 1700-1922 3.76 avg rating — 396 ratings
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Middle East Authoritarianisms: Governance, Contestation, and Regime Resilience in Syria and Iran
Middle East Authoritarianisms: Governance, Contestation, and Regime Resilience in Syria and Iran 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The Kurdish Spring: A New Map of the Middle East
The Kurdish Spring: A New Map of the Middle East 3.48 avg rating — 31 ratings
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Inventing Iraq: The Failure of Nation Building and a History Denied
Inventing Iraq: The Failure of Nation Building and a History Denied 3.79 avg rating — 97 ratings
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Suez: Britain's End of Empire in the Middle East
Suez: Britain's End of Empire in the Middle East 4.16 avg rating — 51 ratings
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Arab Nationalism in the Twentieth Century: From Triumph to Despair
Arab Nationalism in the Twentieth Century: From Triumph to Despair 3.92 avg rating — 98 ratings
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Egypt: The Moment of Change
Egypt: The Moment of Change 3.89 avg rating — 19 ratings
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Yemen Chronicle: An Anthropology of War and Mediation
Yemen Chronicle: An Anthropology of War and Mediation 3.72 avg rating — 130 ratings
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France, the United States, and the Algerian War
France, the United States, and the Algerian War 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings
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The State and Social Transformation in Tunisia and Libya, 1830-1980
The State and Social Transformation in Tunisia and Libya, 1830-1980 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings
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All in the Family: Absolutism, Revolution, and Democracy in Middle Eastern Monarchies
All in the Family: Absolutism, Revolution, and Democracy in Middle Eastern Monarchies 3.83 avg rating — 18 ratings
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A Different Kind of War: The UN Sanctions Regime in Iraq
A Different Kind of War: The UN Sanctions Regime in Iraq 4.30 avg rating — 20 ratings
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The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited (Cambridge Middle East Studies, Series Number 18)
The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited (Cambridge Middle East Studies, Series Number 18) 3.99 avg rating — 158 ratings
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The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain
The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain 3.92 avg rating — 2,949 ratings
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Egypt on the Brink: From Nasser to Mubarak
Egypt on the Brink: From Nasser to Mubarak 3.79 avg rating — 312 ratings
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Remaking Women: Feminism and Modernity in the Middle East
Remaking Women: Feminism and Modernity in the Middle East 3.98 avg rating — 117 ratings
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Women with Mustaches and Men without Beards: Gender and Sexual Anxieties of Iranian Modernity
Women with Mustaches and Men without Beards: Gender and Sexual Anxieties of Iranian Modernity 4.15 avg rating — 682 ratings
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Al-Jazeera: The Inside Story of the Arab News Channel That is Challenging the West
Al-Jazeera: The Inside Story of the Arab News Channel That is Challenging the West 3.72 avg rating — 168 ratings
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The Gulf Monarchies and Climate Change: Abu Dhabi and Qatar in an Era of Natural Unsustainability
The Gulf Monarchies and Climate Change: Abu Dhabi and Qatar in an Era of Natural Unsustainability 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Rise of Colleges: Institutions of Learning in Islam and the West
Rise of Colleges: Institutions of Learning in Islam and the West 4.24 avg rating — 119 ratings
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