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Vibrant Portraits: A Conversation With Maliha Abidi
By Written by Piney Kesting
After growing up in Karachi, Pakistan, and moving to California as a...
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Finding Structure: A Conversation with Eric Broug
Fascinated with Islamic culture, Broug turned his interest to Islamic geometric design.
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Lives in Clay: A Conversation with R. Neil Hewison
By Written by Kyle Pakka
Celebrating tradition in pottery.
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Finding Echoes of Stories Across Cultures: A Conversation With Elizabeth Laird
By Written by Kay Hardy Campbell
Growing up in South London, children’s book author Elizabeth Laird...
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A Personal Exploration of the `ud: A Conversation With Rachel Beckles Willson
By Written by Kay Hardy Campbell
Entranced by sound and history
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Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East
By Amanda H. Podany.
Reviewed by Christina Riggs on August 9, 2024
This insightful history of life in the Ancient Near East from 3500 to...
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African Art Now: 50 Pioneers Defining African Art for the Twenty-First Century
By Osei Bonsu.
Reviewed by Nurtilek Abdimalikov on May 1, 2024
Although often overlooked in the modern art world, over the past decade...
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Treasured: How Tutankhamun Shaped a Century
By Christina Riggs
Reviewed by Dianna Wray on September 2, 2023
Despite a century spent marveling at the 3,300-year-old tomb of...
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Muslims and Citizens: Islam, Politics and the French Revolution
By Ian Coller
Reviewed by Dianna Wray on January 1, 2023
It wasn’t until he found himself thousands of kilometers from his...
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Amazing Women of the Middle East: 25 Stories from Ancient Times to Present Day
By Wafa’ Tarnowska
Reviewed by Piney Kesting on March 12, 2021
Writer, translator and storyteller Wafa’ Tarnowska’s...
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Ancient Ivory: Masterpieces of the Assyrian Empire
By Georgina Herrmann
Reviewed by Graham Chandler on May 15, 2018
British archeologist Austen Henry Layard discovered the first pieces of...
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Ibn Tulun: His Lost city and Great Mosque
By Tarek Swelim
Reviewed by Tom Verde on March 1, 2017
This elegant, richly illustrated volume covers the history, architecture...
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Shahaama: Five Egyptian Men Tell Their Stories
By Nayra Atiya
Reviewed by Alia Yunis on March 15, 2017
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Talking Through the Door: An Anthology of Contemporary Middle Eastern Writing
By Susan Atefat-Peckham, ed.
Reviewed by Lou Werner on March 15, 2017
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The Wheel: Inventions & Reinventions
By Richard W. Bulliet
Reviewed by Graham Chandler on March 15, 2017
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Annals of the Caliphs' Kitchen: Ibn Sayyar al-Warraq's Tenth-Century Baghdadi Cookbook
By Nawal Nasrallah, trans.
Reviewed by Tom Verde on March 1, 2017
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Ibn Tulun: His Lost city and Great Mosque
By Tarek Swelim
Reviewed by Tom Verde on March 1, 2017
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The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts
By Joshua Hammer
Reviewed by Graham Chandler on March 1, 2017
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Discovering Islamic Art: A Young Reader's Guide with Activities
By Mary Beardwood
Reviewed by Julie Weiss on March 1, 2017
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Embassy to the Eastern Courts: America's Secret Pivot Toward Asia 1832–37
By Andrew C. A. Jampoler
Reviewed by Robert W. Lebling on March 1, 2017
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Picturing Algeria
By Pierre Bourdieu, author; Franz Schultheis and Christine Frisinghelli, eds.
Reviewed by Lee Lawrence on March 1, 2017
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Chief Complaint: A Country Doctor's Tales of Life in Galilee
By Hatim Kanaaneh
Reviewed by Piney Kesting on October 27, 2016
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Count Waclaw Rzewuski's Concerning Oriental Horses and Those Originating from Oriental Strains
By James E Luck, trans.; Andrew K. Steen, intro.
Reviewed by Jane Waldron Grutz on October 27, 2016
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The Barber of Damascus: Nouveau Literacy in the Eighteenth-Century Ottoman Levant
By Dana Sadji
Reviewed by Tom Verde on October 20, 2016
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Author's Corner
Vibrant Portraits: A Conversation With Maliha Abidi
Finding Structure: A Conversation with Eric Broug
Lives in Clay: A Conversation with R. Neil Hewison
Finding Echoes of Stories Across Cultures: A Conversation With Elizabeth Laird
A Personal Exploration of the `ud: A Conversation With Rachel Beckles Willson
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