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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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Bosnia and the Destruction of Cultural Heritage
By Helen Walasek, ed. Richard Carlton, Amra Hadžimuhameović, Valery Perry and Tina Wik, contrib.
Reviewed by Tom Verde on January 24, 2016
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A Woman In Arabia: The Writings of the Queen of the Desert
By Gertrude Bell. Georgina Howell, ed.
Reviewed by William Tracy on January 23, 2016
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The Fortunes of Africa: A 5000-Year History of Wealth, Greed, and Endeavor
By Martin Meredith
Reviewed by Tom Verde on January 23, 2016
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The Indus: Lost Civilizations
By Andrew Robinson
Reviewed by Graham Chandler on January 23, 2016
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The Maqaddimah: An Introduction to History
By Ibn Khaldun. N. J. Dawood, ed.; Franz Rosenthal, trans.
Reviewed by Caroline Stone on January 23, 2016
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The Medieval Nile: Route, Navigation, and Landscape in Islamic Egypt
By John Cooper
Reviewed by Robert W. Lebling on January 23, 2016
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Walking the Nile
By Levison Wood
Reviewed by Arthur Clark on January 23, 2016
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Growing Up Muslim: Muslim College Students in America Tell Their Life Stories
By Andrew Garrod and Robert Kilkenny
Reviewed by William Tracy on April 1, 2015
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Arabic Studies in the Netherlands: A Short History in Portraits, 1580-1950
By Arnoud Vrolijk and Richard van Leeuwen
Reviewed by Robert W. Lebling on April 1, 2015
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Art & Energy: How Culture Changes
By Barry Lord
Reviewed by Robert W. Lebling on April 1, 2015
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Desert Road Archaeology in Ancient Egypt and Beyond
By Frank Förster and Heiko Riemer
Reviewed by Peter Herrigan on April 1, 2015
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Discovering Cyrus: The Persian Conqueror Astride the Ancient World
By Reza Zarghamee
Reviewed by Robert W. Lebling on April 1, 2015
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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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