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Items with the tag:

middle east

Cover of Prisoners: A Muslim and a Jew Across the Middle East Divide
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Pris­on­ers: A Mus­lim and a Jew Across the Mid­dle East Divide
Jeffrey Goldberg
Cover of The Balfour Declaration: The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Non­fic­tion
The Bal­four Dec­la­ra­tion: The Ori­gins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Jonathan Schneer
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An Arro­gant Revolution

Lucette Lagna­do​’s most recent book, The Arro­gant Years: One Girl’s Search for Her Lost Youth, from Cairo to Brook­lyn, is now avail­able. Lucette won the 2008 Sami…
Lucette Lagna­do
September 21, 2011
Essay

Mourn­ing My Arab Spring

Lucette Lagna­do​’s most recent book, The Arro­gant Years: One Girl’s Search for Her Lost Youth, from Cairo to Brook­lyn, is now avail­able. Lucette won the 2008 Sami Rohr…
Lucette Lagna­do
September 19, 2011
Cover of Danger Pay: Memoir of a Photojournalist in the Middle East, 1984-1994
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Dan­ger Pay: Mem­oir of a Pho­to­jour­nal­ist in the Mid­dle East, 1984 – 1994
Carol Spencer Mitchell; Ellen Spencer Susman, ed.
Cover of Nazi Propaganda for the Arab World
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Nazi Pro­pa­gan­da for the Arab World
Jeffrey Herf
Cover of From Empathy to Denial: Arab Responses to the Holocaust
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From Empa­thy to Denial: Arab Respons­es to the Holocaust
Meir Litvak and Esther Webman
Cover of Joha Makes a Wish: A Middle Eastern Tale
Chil­dren’s
Joha Makes a Wish: A Mid­dle East­ern Tale
Eric A. Kimmel; Omar Rayyan, illus.
Cover of Jewish Property Claims Against Arab Countries
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Jew­ish Prop­er­ty Claims Against Arab Countries
Michael R. Fischbach
Cover of Memories of Eden: A Journey Through Jewish Baghdad
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Mem­o­ries of Eden: A Jour­ney Through Jew­ish Baghdad
Violette Shamash; Mira and Tony Roca, eds.
Cover of How To Make Peace In The Middle East In Six Months Or Less Without Leaving Your Apartment
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How To Make Peace In The Mid­dle East In Six Months Or Less With­out Leav­ing Your Apartment
Gregorey Levey
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A World of Trou­ble: The White House and the Mid­dle East – from the Cold War to the War on Terror
Patrick Tyler
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