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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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Nomads Land: The Kazakhstan Project
By Dieter Seitz
Reviewed by Dennis Keen on March 16, 2021
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The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Archaeology
By Bethany Walker, Timothy Insoll and Corisande Fenwick, eds.
Reviewed by Tom Verde on March 16, 2021
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Cairo Inside Out: Expanded Edition
By Trevor Naylor. Doriana Dimitrova, ph.
Reviewed by J. Trevor Williams on March 16, 2021
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Cairo Since 1900: An Architectural Guide
By Mohamed Elshahed
Reviewed by J. Trevor Williams on March 16, 2021
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Allenby: Making the Modern Middle East
By C. Brad Faught
Reviewed by Ruth Nasrullah on March 16, 2021
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Arts of South Asia: Cultures of Collecting
By Allysa B. Peyton and Katherine Anne Paul, eds.
Reviewed by Lee Lawrence on March 16, 2021
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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
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Baikonur: Vestiges of the Soviet Space Programme
By Jonk
Reviewed by Dennis Keen on March 12, 2021
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Building the Caliphate: Construction, Destruction, and Sectarian Identity in Early Fatimid Architecture
By Jennifer A. Pruitt
Reviewed by Tom Verde on March 12, 2021
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Caught in a Whirlwind: Cultural History of Ottoman Baghdad as Reflected in Illustrated Manuscripts
By Melis Taner
Reviewed by Sophie Kazan on March 12, 2021
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Islam, Science Fiction and Extraterrestrial Life: The Culture of Astrobiology in the Muslim World
By Jörg Matthias Determann
Reviewed by Robert W. Lebling on March 12, 2021
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Nefertiti, Queen and Pharaoh of Egypt: Her Life and Afterlife
By Aidan Dodson
Reviewed by Alva Robinson on March 10, 2021
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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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