Lähi-itä

Muinaiset kaupungit ja nykyajan konfliktit kietoutuvat yhteen alueella, jossa öljyrikkaus, uskonnolliset perinteet ja geopoliittiset jännitteet muovaavat päivän otsikoita. Vilkkaiden basaarien ja kiiltävien pilvenpiirtäjien kautta nämä kirjat tutkivat monimutkaisia voimia, jotka muuttavat Lähi-itää — sen strategisesta merkityksestä maailmanpolitiikassa nopeaan taloudelliseen ja yhteiskunnalliseen kehitykseen.

Lähi-itä Kirjayhteenvedot

Teheranin leijonanaiset

kirjoittanut Marjan Kamali

A childhood bond in 1950s Tehran must weather revolution, betrayal, and decades of separation.

4.47

200 000+

🇮🇷 Iranian Revolution 👭 Childhood Friends 💔 Betrayal

Immersiiviset

Teheranin leijonanaiset

A childhood bond in 1950s Tehran must weather revolution, betrayal, and decades of separation.

kirjoittanut Marjan Kamali 2024 327 sivua

4.47

200 000+ arvostelua

🇮🇷 Iranian Revolution 👭 Childhood Friends 💔 Betrayal

By Way of Deception

kirjoittanut Victor Ostrovsky • 1990

A spy agency with zero oversight inevitably serves itself. A Mossad insider shows the bodies.

3.92

2 000+

🕵️ Israeli Intelligence 📢 Whistleblower Accounts 🔍 Espionage Tradecraft

Immersiiviset

By Way of Deception

A spy agency with zero oversight inevitably serves itself. A Mossad insider shows the bodies.

kirjoittanut Victor Ostrovsky 1990 372 sivua

3.92

2 000+ arvostelua

🕵️ Israeli Intelligence 📢 Whistleblower Accounts 🔍 Espionage Tradecraft

Islam

kirjoittanut Karen Armstrong • 2000

Political triumph, not suffering, became Islam's proof of God. That made decline a crisis of faith.

4.04

11 000+

🕌 Islamic History 🌍 Comparative Religion 🏛️ Political Theology

Immersiiviset

Islam

Political triumph, not suffering, became Islam's proof of God. That made decline a crisis of faith.

kirjoittanut Karen Armstrong 2000 230 sivua

4.04

11 000+ arvostelua

🕌 Islamic History 🌍 Comparative Religion 🏛️ Political Theology

Muhammad

kirjoittanut Karen Armstrong • 2006

The prophet as peacemaker: how Muhammad's greatest victories were the wars he refused to fight.

4.08

3 000+

🕌 Prophetic Biography 📜 Early Islamic History ☪️ Interfaith Dialogue

Muhammad

The prophet as peacemaker: how Muhammad's greatest victories were the wars he refused to fight.

kirjoittanut Karen Armstrong 2006 256 sivua

4.08

3 000+ arvostelua

🕌 Prophetic Biography 📜 Early Islamic History ☪️ Interfaith Dialogue

The Blind Owl

kirjoittanut Sadegh Hedayat • 1937

Between opium dreams and waking torment, a painter obsesses over a vision that unmakes his reality.

3.95

35 000+

🔪 Psychological Horror 📜 Modernist Classic 🫣 Unreliable Narrator

The Blind Owl

Between opium dreams and waking torment, a painter obsesses over a vision that unmakes his reality.

kirjoittanut Sadegh Hedayat 1937 148 sivua

3.95

35 000+ arvostelua

🔪 Psychological Horror 📜 Modernist Classic 🫣 Unreliable Narrator

Destiny Disrupted

kirjoittanut Tamim Ansary • 2009

For centuries, Muslim empires were the center of the world. Then the story got rewritten.

4.40

13 000+

🕌 Islamic History 📖 Narrative History 🔄 Counter-Narrative

Destiny Disrupted

For centuries, Muslim empires were the center of the world. Then the story got rewritten.

kirjoittanut Tamim Ansary 2009 390 sivua

4.40

13 000+ arvostelua

🕌 Islamic History 📖 Narrative History 🔄 Counter-Narrative

The Shah

kirjoittanut Abbas Milani • 2007

A CIA-backed restoration, a forced march into modernity, and the revolution it made inevitable.

4.23

1 000+

🇮🇷 Iranian History 🧊 Cold War History 🛢️ Oil And Geopolitics

The Shah

A CIA-backed restoration, a forced march into modernity, and the revolution it made inevitable.

kirjoittanut Abbas Milani 2007 496 sivua

4.23

1 000+ arvostelua

🇮🇷 Iranian History 🧊 Cold War History 🛢️ Oil And Geopolitics

Defenders of the West

kirjoittanut Raymond Ibrahim • 2022

For a thousand years, Islam pushed into Europe. Eight forgotten warriors pushed back and won.

4.65

1 000+

✝️ Crusader History ⚔️ Medieval Warfare 🏰 Reconquista History

Defenders of the West

For a thousand years, Islam pushed into Europe. Eight forgotten warriors pushed back and won.

kirjoittanut Raymond Ibrahim 2022 352 sivua

4.65

1 000+ arvostelua

✝️ Crusader History ⚔️ Medieval Warfare 🏰 Reconquista History

After the Prophet

kirjoittanut Lesley Hazleton • 2009

Islam's great schism began with a succession crisis, a scandal, and a grandson's massacre.

4.09

9 000+

🕌 Sunni-Shia Divide 📜 Early Islamic History 👑 Succession Crisis

After the Prophet

Islam's great schism began with a succession crisis, a scandal, and a grandson's massacre.

kirjoittanut Lesley Hazleton 2009 256 sivua

4.09

9 000+ arvostelua

🕌 Sunni-Shia Divide 📜 Early Islamic History 👑 Succession Crisis

Profeetta

kirjoittanut Kahlil Gibran • 1923

After twelve years of exile, a prophet's ship arrives, and the city gathers for his parting truths.

4.23

300 000+

🕊️ Mystical Poetry 📜 Prose Poem 📖 Wisdom Literature

Profeetta

After twelve years of exile, a prophet's ship arrives, and the city gathers for his parting truths.

kirjoittanut Kahlil Gibran 1923 127 sivua

4.23

300 000+ arvostelua

🕊️ Mystical Poetry 📜 Prose Poem 📖 Wisdom Literature

Samarkand

kirjoittanut Amin Maalouf • 1988

A manuscript of forbidden Persian verse travels from medieval Samarkand to the decks of the Titanic.

4.24

31 000+

🔄 Dual Timeline 📜 Persian History 📖 Lost Manuscript

Samarkand

A manuscript of forbidden Persian verse travels from medieval Samarkand to the decks of the Titanic.

kirjoittanut Amin Maalouf 1988 304 sivua

4.24

31 000+ arvostelua

🔄 Dual Timeline 📜 Persian History 📖 Lost Manuscript

Not Without My Daughter

kirjoittanut Betty Mahmoody • 1987

Two weeks in Iran became forever. Her husband held the law. She held their daughter.

4.19

39 000+

🔗 Coercive Control 🏔️ Escape Memoirs 🕌 Islamic Patriarchy

Not Without My Daughter

Two weeks in Iran became forever. Her husband held the law. She held their daughter.

kirjoittanut Betty Mahmoody 1987 528 sivua

4.19

39 000+ arvostelua

🔗 Coercive Control 🏔️ Escape Memoirs 🕌 Islamic Patriarchy

Woman at Point Zero

kirjoittanut Nawal El Saadawi • 1975

On death row, an Egyptian woman shares her life of abuse and the murder she calls liberation.

4.24

31 000+

📖 Arabic Fiction ✨ Feminist Classic 💋 Sex Work

Woman at Point Zero

On death row, an Egyptian woman shares her life of abuse and the murder she calls liberation.

kirjoittanut Nawal El Saadawi 1975 108 sivua

4.24

31 000+ arvostelua

📖 Arabic Fiction ✨ Feminist Classic 💋 Sex Work

Aleppon mehiläistenhoitaja

kirjoittanut Christy Lefteri • 2019

A Syrian beekeeper guides his blind wife across borders, fleeing the war that killed their son.

4.16

100 000+

🐝 Beekeeping Metaphor 🛶 Refugee Narrative ⚔️ Syrian Civil War

Aleppon mehiläistenhoitaja

A Syrian beekeeper guides his blind wife across borders, fleeing the war that killed their son.

kirjoittanut Christy Lefteri 2019 317 sivua

4.16

100 000+ arvostelua

🐝 Beekeeping Metaphor 🛶 Refugee Narrative ⚔️ Syrian Civil War

The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy

kirjoittanut John J. Mearsheimer • 2006

How a single interest group has reshaped U.S. Middle East policy, often against American interests.

4.12

4 000+

🌍 Foreign Policy 🤝 Political Lobbying ⚔️ Middle East Conflict

The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy

How a single interest group has reshaped U.S. Middle East policy, often against American interests.

kirjoittanut John J. Mearsheimer 2006 484 sivua

4.12

4 000+ arvostelua

🌍 Foreign Policy 🤝 Political Lobbying ⚔️ Middle East Conflict

What Went Wrong? The Clash Between Islam & Modernity in the Middle East

kirjoittanut Bernard Lewis • 2001

For centuries Islam led the world. Then, suddenly, it fell behind. A historian asks why.

3.55

3 000+

🧭 Islamic Civilization 📜 Middle Eastern History 🏗️ Modernization Failure

What Went Wrong? The Clash Between Islam & Modernity in the Middle East

For centuries Islam led the world. Then, suddenly, it fell behind. A historian asks why.

kirjoittanut Bernard Lewis 2001 186 sivua

3.55

3 000+ arvostelua

🧭 Islamic Civilization 📜 Middle Eastern History 🏗️ Modernization Failure

Myth of Islamic Tolerance

kirjoittanut Robert Spencer • 2005

Behind Islam's tolerance story lies a legal caste system for non-Muslims, and its logic never left.

3.68

⚖️ Sharia Law 🌐 Islam And The West 📖 Critique Of Islam

Myth of Islamic Tolerance

Behind Islam's tolerance story lies a legal caste system for non-Muslims, and its logic never left.

kirjoittanut Robert Spencer 2005 602 sivua

3.68

62 arvostelua

⚖️ Sharia Law 🌐 Islam And The West 📖 Critique Of Islam

Pakistan

kirjoittanut Anatol Lieven • 2011

Why Pakistan outlasts every prediction of its collapse: kinship, not government, runs the country.

4.12

2 000+

🗳️ South Asian Politics 👥 Kinship Politics 💬 Failed State Debate

Immersiiviset

Pakistan

Why Pakistan outlasts every prediction of its collapse: kinship, not government, runs the country.

kirjoittanut Anatol Lieven 2011 592 sivua

4.12

2 000+ arvostelua

🗳️ South Asian Politics 👥 Kinship Politics 💬 Failed State Debate

Twelve Tribes

kirjoittanut Ethan Michaeli • 2021

Half of Israel's next generation comes from communities rejecting the state. The reckoning is here.

3.93

145

🇮🇱 Israeli Politics 🌍 Middle East Conflict 🏛️ Tribalism

Immersiiviset

Twelve Tribes

Half of Israel's next generation comes from communities rejecting the state. The reckoning is here.

kirjoittanut Ethan Michaeli 2021 464 sivua

3.93

145 arvostelua

🇮🇱 Israeli Politics 🌍 Middle East Conflict 🏛️ Tribalism

Damascus Station

kirjoittanut David McCloskey

In Assad's Syria, a CIA officer falls for his recruited asset as spy hunters close in.

4.16

24 000+

💔 Handler Falls For Asset 🔄 Double Agent ⚖️ Morally Gray

Immersiiviset

Damascus Station

In Assad's Syria, a CIA officer falls for his recruited asset as spy hunters close in.

kirjoittanut David McCloskey 2021 432 sivua

4.16

24 000+ arvostelua

💔 Handler Falls For Asset 🔄 Double Agent ⚖️ Morally Gray

The Fall of Heaven

kirjoittanut Andrew Scott Cooper • 2016

Oil wealth, repression, reform: how Iran's last shah built the forces that destroyed him.

4.16

500+

🕌 Modern Iranian History 🌍 Middle Eastern Politics 🏗️ Authoritarian Modernization

The Fall of Heaven

Oil wealth, repression, reform: how Iran's last shah built the forces that destroyed him.

kirjoittanut Andrew Scott Cooper 2016 608 sivua

4.16

500+ arvostelua

🕌 Modern Iranian History 🌍 Middle Eastern Politics 🏗️ Authoritarian Modernization

Son of Hamas

kirjoittanut Mosab Hassan Yousef • 2011

He was supposed to inherit Hamas. Instead he joined Israeli intelligence.

4.24

18 000+

🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🕵️ Spy Memoirs ✝️ Faith Memoirs

Son of Hamas

He was supposed to inherit Hamas. Instead he joined Israeli intelligence.

kirjoittanut Mosab Hassan Yousef 2011 265 sivua

4.24

18 000+ arvostelua

🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🕵️ Spy Memoirs ✝️ Faith Memoirs

Persian Fire

kirjoittanut Tom Holland • 2005

An ancient clash of civilizations: how a tiny Greece stopped a superpower, and invented the West.

4.17

11 000+

🏛️ Ancient History 🦁 Persian Empire 🏺 Ancient Greece

Persian Fire

An ancient clash of civilizations: how a tiny Greece stopped a superpower, and invented the West.

kirjoittanut Tom Holland 2005 447 sivua

4.17

11 000+ arvostelua

🏛️ Ancient History 🦁 Persian Empire 🏺 Ancient Greece

The Flea Palace

kirjoittanut Elif Shafak • 2002

At a decaying Istanbul apartment building, a pest control van unearths the tenants' tangled secrets.

3.39

7 000+

🕌 Istanbul Novel 🏢 Building As Microcosm 🕸️ Interconnected Lives

The Flea Palace

At a decaying Istanbul apartment building, a pest control van unearths the tenants' tangled secrets.

kirjoittanut Elif Shafak 2002 448 sivua

3.39

7 000+ arvostelua

🕌 Istanbul Novel 🏢 Building As Microcosm 🕸️ Interconnected Lives

Iran Awakening

kirjoittanut Shirin Ebadi • 2006

Iran stripped her of her judgeship. She became the regime's most dangerous opponent: a lawyer.

4.18

5 000+

🧕 Iranian Women 🏛️ Post-Revolutionary Iran 📜 Islamic Feminism

Iran Awakening

Iran stripped her of her judgeship. She became the regime's most dangerous opponent: a lawyer.

kirjoittanut Shirin Ebadi 2006 256 sivua

4.18

5 000+ arvostelua

🧕 Iranian Women 🏛️ Post-Revolutionary Iran 📜 Islamic Feminism

Khomeinism

kirjoittanut Ervand Abrahamian • 1993

The Islamic Republic was never fundamentalist. It was populist, and that explains everything.

3.89

171

🏴 Iranian Revolution 🇮🇷 Modern Iran 🗳️ Populism

Khomeinism

The Islamic Republic was never fundamentalist. It was populist, and that explains everything.

kirjoittanut Ervand Abrahamian 1993 200 sivua

3.89

171 arvostelua

🏴 Iranian Revolution 🇮🇷 Modern Iran 🗳️ Populism

The Source

kirjoittanut James A. Michener • 1965

Dig into a single Galilee mound and uncover ten thousand years of faith, war, and human survival.

4.30

45 000+

🏺 Archaeological Fiction 📍 One Place Across Time ⛪ Holy Land Epic

The Source

Dig into a single Galilee mound and uncover ten thousand years of faith, war, and human survival.

kirjoittanut James A. Michener 1965 1080 sivua

4.30

45 000+ arvostelua

🏺 Archaeological Fiction 📍 One Place Across Time ⛪ Holy Land Epic

The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine

kirjoittanut Rashid Khalidi • 2020

Palestine 1917-2017: how a settler-colonial war dispossessed a people, and why they still resist.

4.49

36 000+

🗺️ Settler Colonialism 🇵🇸 Palestinian History 💥 Ethnic Cleansing

The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine

Palestine 1917-2017: how a settler-colonial war dispossessed a people, and why they still resist.

kirjoittanut Rashid Khalidi 2020 319 sivua

4.49

36 000+ arvostelua

🗺️ Settler Colonialism 🇵🇸 Palestinian History 💥 Ethnic Cleansing

The Genius of Israel

kirjoittanut Dan Senor • 2023

Happiness, fertility, and trust are plummeting worldwide except in one divided, embattled nation.

4.38

1 000+

🛡️ National Resilience 🤝 Social Cohesion 🪖 Military And Society

The Genius of Israel

Happiness, fertility, and trust are plummeting worldwide except in one divided, embattled nation.

kirjoittanut Dan Senor 2023 336 sivua

4.38

1 000+ arvostelua

🛡️ National Resilience 🤝 Social Cohesion 🪖 Military And Society

Bibi

kirjoittanut Benjamin Netanyahu • 2022

A commando's memoir: how hostage rescues, economic overhaul, and a new diplomatic map remade Israel.

4.43

2 000+

🇮🇱 Israeli Politics 📜 Political Memoir 🕊️ Middle East Peace

Bibi

A commando's memoir: how hostage rescues, economic overhaul, and a new diplomatic map remade Israel.

kirjoittanut Benjamin Netanyahu 2022 733 sivua

4.43

2 000+ arvostelua

🇮🇱 Israeli Politics 📜 Political Memoir 🕊️ Middle East Peace

Chutzpah

kirjoittanut Inbal Arieli • 2019

The world's densest startup hub was raised on junkyard playgrounds, not business schools.

3.79

173

🛝 Science Of Play 🇮🇱 Startup Nation 🚀 Startup Ecosystems

Chutzpah

The world's densest startup hub was raised on junkyard playgrounds, not business schools.

kirjoittanut Inbal Arieli 2019 272 sivua

3.79

173 arvostelua

🛝 Science Of Play 🇮🇱 Startup Nation 🚀 Startup Ecosystems

Target Tehran

kirjoittanut Yonah Jeremy Bob • 2023

Inside the Mossad heist that stole Iran's nuclear archive and exposed its secret weapons program.

4.07

450

🕵️ Israeli Intelligence ☢️ Nuclear Proliferation ⚔️ Covert Operations

Target Tehran

Inside the Mossad heist that stole Iran's nuclear archive and exposed its secret weapons program.

kirjoittanut Yonah Jeremy Bob 2023 432 sivua

4.07

450 arvostelua

🕵️ Israeli Intelligence ☢️ Nuclear Proliferation ⚔️ Covert Operations

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi

kirjoittanut Shannon Chakraborty • 2023

Retired pirate captain takes a rescue job pitting her against a sorcerer and her demon ex-husband.

4.24

82 000+

🏴‍☠️ Retired Pirate Captain 🖤 Found Family 👩‍👧 Mother On A Mission

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi

Retired pirate captain takes a rescue job pitting her against a sorcerer and her demon ex-husband.

kirjoittanut Shannon Chakraborty 2023 483 sivua

4.24

82 000+ arvostelua

🏴‍☠️ Retired Pirate Captain 🖤 Found Family 👩‍👧 Mother On A Mission

The Kite Runner

kirjoittanut Khaled Hosseini • 2011

A Kabul betrayal haunts a man into exile, until he must return to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.

4.45

24 000+

🏔️ Afghanistan Setting ⚖️ Ethnic Divide 💔 Childhood Betrayal

The Kite Runner

A Kabul betrayal haunts a man into exile, until he must return to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.

kirjoittanut Khaled Hosseini 2011 132 sivua

4.45

24 000+ arvostelua

🏔️ Afghanistan Setting ⚖️ Ethnic Divide 💔 Childhood Betrayal

A House Without Windows

kirjoittanut Nadia Hashimi

Her husband is dead, blood covers her hands, but this Afghan mother stays silent.

4.00

16 000+

🏔️ Afghan Women 🔗 Prison Sisterhood 🤫 Protective Silence

Immersiiviset

A House Without Windows

Her husband is dead, blood covers her hands, but this Afghan mother stays silent.

kirjoittanut Nadia Hashimi 2016 415 sivua

4.00

16 000+ arvostelua

🏔️ Afghan Women 🔗 Prison Sisterhood 🤫 Protective Silence

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

kirjoittanut Zoulfa Katouh • 2022

Besieged in Homs, a pharmacy student risks a deadly sea crossing to save her pregnant best friend.

4.45

100 000+

🕊️ Syrian War 🌊 Refugee Journey 💔 Wartime Romance

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

Besieged in Homs, a pharmacy student risks a deadly sea crossing to save her pregnant best friend.

kirjoittanut Zoulfa Katouh 2022 417 sivua

4.45

100 000+ arvostelua

🕊️ Syrian War 🌊 Refugee Journey 💔 Wartime Romance

Shahnameh

kirjoittanut Abolqasem Ferdowsi • 1010

A legendary warrior fights an unknown challenger; neither knows the other is his only son.

4.52

5 000+

🦁 Persian Mythology 📜 Epic Poetry 🏛️ Iranian History

Shahnameh

A legendary warrior fights an unknown challenger; neither knows the other is his only son.

kirjoittanut Abolqasem Ferdowsi 1010 886 sivua

4.52

5 000+ arvostelua

🦁 Persian Mythology 📜 Epic Poetry 🏛️ Iranian History

The Shia Revival

kirjoittanut Vali Nasr • 2006

America's Iraq invasion accidentally broke a 1,400-year Sunni order. Iran seized the opening.

3.88

2 000+

🕌 Sectarian Conflict 📜 Islamic History 🖐️ Shia Identity

The Shia Revival

America's Iraq invasion accidentally broke a 1,400-year Sunni order. Iran seized the opening.

kirjoittanut Vali Nasr 2006 314 sivua

3.88

2 000+ arvostelua

🕌 Sectarian Conflict 📜 Islamic History 🖐️ Shia Identity

The White Castle

kirjoittanut Orhan Pamuk • 1985

Enslaved in Istanbul, a Venetian meets his exact double, master pulling him into the Sultan's games.

3.48

17 000+

🪞 Doppelganger 🔄 Identity Swap 🕌 Ottoman Empire

The White Castle

Enslaved in Istanbul, a Venetian meets his exact double, master pulling him into the Sultan's games.

kirjoittanut Orhan Pamuk 1985 145 sivua

3.48

17 000+ arvostelua

🪞 Doppelganger 🔄 Identity Swap 🕌 Ottoman Empire

The Ayatollah Begs to Differ

kirjoittanut Hooman Majd • 2008

Iran's paradoxes are a platform, not a bug, built from Shia ritual and Persian pride.

3.76

2 000+

🇮🇷 Iranian Politics 🕌 Shia Islam 🏡 Persian Culture

The Ayatollah Begs to Differ

Iran's paradoxes are a platform, not a bug, built from Shia ritual and Persian pride.

kirjoittanut Hooman Majd 2008 272 sivua

3.76

2 000+ arvostelua

🇮🇷 Iranian Politics 🕌 Shia Islam 🏡 Persian Culture

On Democracies and Death Cults

kirjoittanut Douglas Murray • 2025

Hamas filmed their massacre. The West protested Israel. The ideology that fuels both.

4.41

5 000+

🌍 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🔍 Anti-Semitism 🎯 Proxy Warfare

On Democracies and Death Cults

Hamas filmed their massacre. The West protested Israel. The ideology that fuels both.

kirjoittanut Douglas Murray 2025 240 sivua

4.41

5 000+ arvostelua

🌍 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🔍 Anti-Semitism 🎯 Proxy Warfare

A Peace to End All Peace

kirjoittanut David Fromkin • 1989

The modern Middle East was drawn in European offices; a century of instability is the result.

4.22

9 000+

🕌 Ottoman Empire 🌍 Middle Eastern History ✍️ Diplomatic History

A Peace to End All Peace

The modern Middle East was drawn in European offices; a century of instability is the result.

kirjoittanut David Fromkin 1989 635 sivua

4.22

9 000+ arvostelua

🕌 Ottoman Empire 🌍 Middle Eastern History ✍️ Diplomatic History

Enter Ghost

kirjoittanut Isabella Hammad • 2023

A British-Palestinian actress joins a West Bank Hamlet, where the play's ghosts never stay onstage.

4.11

12 000+

🇵🇸 Palestinian Literature 🎭 Theatre Fiction 🏠 Return To Homeland

Enter Ghost

A British-Palestinian actress joins a West Bank Hamlet, where the play's ghosts never stay onstage.

kirjoittanut Isabella Hammad 2023 336 sivua

4.11

12 000+ arvostelua

🇵🇸 Palestinian Literature 🎭 Theatre Fiction 🏠 Return To Homeland

Gaza in Crisis

kirjoittanut Ilan Pappé • 2010

Five hundred villages erased, seventy years before October 7: the history the peace process buries.

4.15

2 000+

📍 Israel-Palestine 💔 Nakba 🏚️ Settler Colonialism

Gaza in Crisis

Five hundred villages erased, seventy years before October 7: the history the peace process buries.

kirjoittanut Ilan Pappé 2010 240 sivua

4.15

2 000+ arvostelua

📍 Israel-Palestine 💔 Nakba 🏚️ Settler Colonialism

Start-up Nation

kirjoittanut Dan Senor • 2009

Surrounded and resource-poor, Israel became a startup superpower. The counterintuitive playbook.

4.11

12 000+

🏢 Startup Ecosystems 🔒 Constraint Innovation 🧳 Immigrant Entrepreneurs

Start-up Nation

Surrounded and resource-poor, Israel became a startup superpower. The counterintuitive playbook.

kirjoittanut Dan Senor 2009 304 sivua

4.11

12 000+ arvostelua

🏢 Startup Ecosystems 🔒 Constraint Innovation 🧳 Immigrant Entrepreneurs

Fiasco

kirjoittanut Thomas E. Ricks • 2006

A year planning the invasion, zero for the peace: how ideology and hubris lost Iraq.

4.09

7 000+

🇮🇶 Iraq War 🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🪖 Counterinsurgency

Fiasco

A year planning the invasion, zero for the peace: how ideology and hubris lost Iraq.

kirjoittanut Thomas E. Ricks 2006 482 sivua

4.09

7 000+ arvostelua

🇮🇶 Iraq War 🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🪖 Counterinsurgency

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

kirjoittanut Ilan Pappé • 2006

Before the 1948 war, Zionist planners mapped every village. The goal: remove the native population.

4.55

10 000+

🇵🇸 Palestinian History 🇮🇱 Israeli History 🌍 Ethnic Cleansing

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

Before the 1948 war, Zionist planners mapped every village. The goal: remove the native population.

kirjoittanut Ilan Pappé 2006 320 sivua

4.55

10 000+ arvostelua

🇵🇸 Palestinian History 🇮🇱 Israeli History 🌍 Ethnic Cleansing

Ibn Khaldun

kirjoittanut Robert Irwin • 2018

The 14th-century thinker who discovered why civilizations rise and fall in predictable cycles.

3.68

356

🕌 Medieval Islam 👑 Dynastic Cycles 🔍 Historical Methodology

Ibn Khaldun

The 14th-century thinker who discovered why civilizations rise and fall in predictable cycles.

kirjoittanut Robert Irwin 2018 256 sivua

3.68

356 arvostelua

🕌 Medieval Islam 👑 Dynastic Cycles 🔍 Historical Methodology

MBS

kirjoittanut Ben Hubbard • 2020

An obscure Saudi prince seized a kingdom, won over Trump, and crushed dissent, until Istanbul.

4.14

3 000+

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 🌍 Middle Eastern Politics 📖 Political Biography

MBS

An obscure Saudi prince seized a kingdom, won over Trump, and crushed dissent, until Istanbul.

kirjoittanut Ben Hubbard 2020 384 sivua

4.14

3 000+ arvostelua

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 🌍 Middle Eastern Politics 📖 Political Biography

A Line in the Sand

kirjoittanut James Barr • 2011

Why the Arab-Israeli conflict began as a secret war between Britain and France.

4.06

5 000+

🌍 Middle East History ⚔️ Imperial Rivalry 🗺️ Colonial Borders

A Line in the Sand

Why the Arab-Israeli conflict began as a secret war between Britain and France.

kirjoittanut James Barr 2011 352 sivua

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🌍 Middle East History ⚔️ Imperial Rivalry 🗺️ Colonial Borders

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