Excerpts of a 2016 interview with historian Philip Mansel, author of Aleppo: the Rise and Fall of Syria’s Great Merchant City. Dr Mansel describes Aleppo’s colourful history, its trading position, and the vulnerability of cosmopolitan cities, both in the Middle East and elsewhere. (Courtesy: B Hadrian) Philip Mansel is a historian of France and the … Continue reading
Mona Prince’s Diary from Eighteen Days in Tahrir during the Arab Spring Continue reading
We caught up with Anthony Downey to talk about Uncommon Grounds, art and media practices in North Africa and the Middle East. Continue reading
With unrivalled access, Sami Moubayed’s Inside the New Jihad provides a unique and more complete picture of the ISIS movement. Continue reading
Who are Iraq’s Kurds? Mahir Aziz’s The Kurds of Iraq goes deep inside Iraqi Kurdistan to meet the people now on the front line in the war against the Islamic State. Continue reading
Join us for the launch of Ibraaz’s Uncommon Grounds at the Delfina Foundation on Friday 5 September. Continue reading
Thanks to the good people at the Arab British Centre, win two tickets to a screening of Around the Pink House as part of the Safar film festival at the ICA. Continue reading
Amin Saikal believes it’s time for the US and its allies to take stock of their past mistakes in the Middle East and act in ways that could help the people of the region. Continue reading
With thousands of Yezidi refugees currently besieged by forces from the Islamic State (Isis) in Iraq, we have decided to bring forward the publication of Birgül Açikyildiz’s The Yezidis. Continue reading
In response to the recent death of Ariel Sharon, Maria Holt explores what life has meant to thousands of Palestinian women living in Lebanese refugee camps. Continue reading
Unearthing the forgotten heroines of the great Arabian tales. Continue reading
Making distinctions between testimony given by the victim and confession made by the perpetrator, Raya Morag ventures to define and analyse perpetrator trauma in Israeli cinema, post- second-Intifada. Continue reading
How the futures of the UAE and Oman were determined during the 20th century. Continue reading
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