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Since 1948, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has shaped the policies of an entire region, the Middle East, and emerged as one of the most explosive and intractable conflicts of the 20th century.

A groundbreaking survey of the language used around queerness in the Arab world, with contributions by leading Arab queer writers, thinkers and activists, The Queer Arab Glossary is a first-of-its-kind surveyof the linguistic landscape surrounding queerness in the Arab world. It bringstogether more than 300 words and terms used to refer to queer people across thespoken Arabic dialects, ranging from the humorous to the harrowing, serious totong...

The widespread Arab uprisings of theearly 2010s were followed by authoritarian backlash, economic collapse and foodand energy insecurity. The hopes of millions in the regionwere shattered for the development of moredemocratic structures and better living conditions. The Dispossessed Generation provides invaluable insights into theself-perceptions and life chances of young people in the Middle East and NorthAfrica. It offers an in-depth and com...

After Zionism brings together some of the world's leading thinkers on the most pressing issue of our time. In essays that challenge our assumptions, distinguished contributors with distinct and divergent perspectives dissect the century-long conflict between Zionism and the Palestinians. Time has run out for the two-state solution because of the unending and permanent Israeli colonisation of Palestinian land. The Hamas attacks of 7 October 202...

This spellbinding new novel from New York Times Notable Author Leila Aboulela tells the unforgettable story of an embattled young woman's coming of age during the revolutionary war in nineteenth-century Sudan.

The experience of colour in Islamic visual culture hashistorically been overlooked. In this new approach, Idries Trevathan examinesthe language of colour in Islamic art and architecture in dialogue with itsaesthetic contexts, offering insights into the pre-modern Muslim experience ofinterpreting colour. The seventeenth-century Shah Mosque in Isfahan, Iran, representsone of the finest examples of colour-use on a grand scale. Here, Trevathanexam...

The Nile brings them life, but the Nile also takes away.A small farming village in North Sudan wakes up one morning to the news that a little boy has drowned. Soon after, the animals die of a mysterious illness and the date gardens catch fire and burn to the ground. The villagers whisper of a sorceress who dwells at the foot of the mountains. It is the dry season. The men have places to go, the women have work to do, the children play at the p...

Arab women poets have been around since the earliest of times, yettheir diwans (collected poems) were kept in the shadows. Spanning more than 5000 years, from the pre-Islamic to the Andalusianperiods, Classical Poems by Arab Women presents rarely seen work by over sixty women writers who boldly refused to be silenced. From sorrowful eulogies to gleeful scorn, this collection offers a rich excursion into the vibrant, exclusively female worlds o...

One afternoon, Shaykh Abdelmajid Boularwah embarks upon a journey. He islooking for distant relatives: Boularwah's immediate family are ruthless, rich andcollaborate with colonial authorities. He hopes his long-lost relatives, who areunknown to the new communist government, might be better placed to help him defraudit. Through a labyrinth of back alleys and memories, he makes his way fromAlgiers across the seven bridges of Constantine, battlin...

A twelve-yearold boy returns to his village from school in Cairo to find the community tornby feud and fear. A corrupt official has decreed the fields must be irrigatedin five days, instead of the customary ten - a demand that threatens to disruptthe economy and life of the whole village. But rebellion is contrary to theirtraditional attitude of servility and easy-going natures. It takes manyattempts - some disastrous, others comical and touch...

Geoff Nicholson has been walking his whole life. Part urban explorer, part psychogeographer, rambler and flaneur, wherever he is and wherever he goes in the world, he walks and writes about what he sees and feels. Here he reflects on the nature of walking, why we do it, how it benefits us and, in some cases, how it damages and even destroys us

Wild Thorns has been hailed as the first Arab novel to offer a glimpse of social and personal relations under Israeli occupation. Featuring unsentimental portrayals of everyday life, its deep sincerity, uncompromising honesty and rich emotional core plead elegantly for the cause of survival in the face of oppression.

A deeply moving testimony to resistance, this unique collection is the first to showcase art and writing from the women's protests in Iran.

The Exile's Cookbook brings together 480 recipes, including roasts and stews, breads, condiments, preserves, sweetmeats, and even soaps. It offers a fascinating insight into the cuisine of Muslim Spain and North Africa, its regional characteristics, historical antecedents, and its links to culinary traditions throughout the Muslim world.

An authoritative, highly readable history of modern Croatia. Extensively researched by Robin Harris, the volume includes significant Croatian primary sources that have only recently become available. Indispensable resource for readers and scholars ofthe region and of twentieth-century European history.

This funny and disarming novel touchingly evokes the realities of an Algerian family carving out a future for themselves in France.

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

This spellbinding new novel from New York Times Notable Author Leila Aboulela tells the unforgettable story of an embattled young woman's coming of age during the revolutionary war in nineteenth-century Sudan.