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The second in a series offering insight into Arabic advances in science, culture, and the arts.

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The Arabic alphabet has a fascinating history, one that is entwined with the development of culture and society in the Middle East. This book traces the origins of the Arabic alphabet back to Aramaic, a descendant of Phoenecian, which itself gave rise to the Hebrew and Greek alphabets.

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The small boy was trying to climb over the wall surrounding the labyrinth when he heard the elderly people back home shouting at him to go back to bed. His grip on the wall loosened and he fell, awaking from his dream to find himself now seventy years older, seated as usual in his armchair watching people around him involved in busy discussions.

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An autobiography of newspaper editor Abdel Bari Atwan who recounts his many extraordinary encounters, including tea with Margaret Thatcher, his weekend with Osama bin Laden, intimate meetings with Yasser Arafat, and the row between Colonel Gaddafi and the Shah of Iran that earned him his first journalistic break.

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At the age of twenty-two, Matija Mazuranic crossed the River Sava into Ottoman Bosnia. It was 1839, the dawn of the Ottoman reform period known as the Tanzimat. Here, he records his encounters with Ottoman Bosnian society at every level, providing insights into the local customs, modes of speech and dress, politics, and economic conditions.

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A collection of seven short essays, which provides a brief overview of selected Hadiths (traditions of the Prophet Muhammad used as sources for religious law). The topics covered are political integrity, the role of women in society and the military, civil rights, privacy, cruelty to animals, family planning, and torture.

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This A to Z is the first book to both highlight common translation pitfalls and adopt a bidirectional approach, by addressing problems relating to both Arabic - English and English - Arabic translation.

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A history of two centuries of interactions among the areas bordering the western Indian Ocean, including India, Iran and Africa.

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From the oppressive atmosphere before the Islamic Revolution of 1979 in Simin Daneshvar's "Whom Shall I Greet" to Shahrnoosh Parsipour's story of women who blur distinctions between reality and dreams in Crystal Pendants, these tales present the inner lives, attitudes and outlooks of women in Iran.

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As al-Qa'ida enters its third decade, journalist Abdel Bari Atwan investigates how it has survived all attempts to destroy it; evolving, instead, into a global actor with a rapidly expanding portfolio of franchises and a variety of, sometimes unexpected, alliances.

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Contains two plays, "Noor" and "The Trial of Dara Shikoh".

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Al-Khwarizmi was a mathematician, astronomer and geographer. He worked most of his life as a scholar in the House of Wisdom in Baghdad during the first half of the 9th century and is considered by many to be the father of algebra. This book deals with algebraic theory, and focuses on the calculation of inheritances and legacies.

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Poetry is the quintessence of Arab culture. In this book, Adonis reinterprets a rich and ancient heritage. He examines the oral tradition of the pre-Islamic poetry of Arabia and the relationship between Arabic poetry and the Qur'an, and between poetry and thought.

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A well-researched and vital study offering a systematic framework to explain the optimal use of exhaustible natural resources, written by a former Minister of Finance in Saudi Arabia, and an authority on the economic development strategy of the country. A critical text for energy economists, policy-makers and diplomats.

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Spanning the Arab world, India and the United States, this family saga tells of the heart-stopping triumphs and failures of three generations of Arab women

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First book of remarks and sketches from hugely popular Middle East blogger Karl Sharro.

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Offering a portrait of everyday life in the medieval Arab world, this book draws on thirteenth-century miniatures from collections as far afield as St Petersburg and Istanbul. The his book covers various aspects of contemporary society in the Abbasid period.

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Arab Youth explores some of the antecedents of the upheavals and anticipates alternative venues of resistance that marginalized youth, from Lebanon, Syria and Palestine to Saudi Arabia, Morocco and Iran, can mobilize to realize their emancipatory expectations.

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Beautifully produced volume, including over 200 artworks by more than 35 contemporary Arab artists, whose ground-breaking works reflect the pulse of region

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A personal account of life in Baghdad during the Gulf War in 1991 and the ensuing years under economic sanctions.

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Focusing on the concept of belonging, this collection of essays explores how contemporary art produced outside the bounds of dominant cultural circuits responds to the challenge posed by globalisation. They reveal how artists from traditional societies find in their cultural heritage the basis of a pluralistic creative expression.

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Acutely aware of how popular culture acts as a carrier of social prejudice and invective, Shaheen Merali's work is exercised specifically by the racial and racist content of popular culture. This title covers the last decade of his work while referring to his earlier work of the 1980s.

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An account of the first major forum to review relations between Britain and Egypt, held in London in 2006, this work demonstrates how political, economic and cultural interaction between the countries has developed since the Suez invasion of 1956. It suggests ways forward in both bilateral and international contexts.

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Packed with new and sensitive information, Brothers in Arms is a timely and comprehensive study on the changing nature of the jihadi movement.