New Books in Middle Eastern Studies

1111 Episodes

1. Michael Cook, "A History of the Muslim World: From Its Origins to the Dawn of Modernity" (Princeton UP, 2024)

   Published: 7/2/2025
2. Shayna M. Silverstein, "Fraught Balance: The Embodied Politics of Dabke Dance Music in Syria" (Wesleyan UP, 2024)

   Published: 6/27/2025
3. Nubar Hovsepian, "Edward Said: The Politics of an Oppositional Intellectual" (AUC Press, 2025)

   Published: 6/26/2025
4. Vali Nasr, "Iran’s Grand Strategy: A Political History" (Princeton UP, 2025)

   Published: 6/25/2025
5. Nicole Watts, "Republic of Dreams: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Struggles, and the Future of Iraqi Kurdistan" (NYU Press, 2025)

   Published: 6/24/2025
6. Yasmine Motawy, "Children’s Picture Books and Contemporary Egyptian Society" (AUC Press, 2025)

   Published: 6/20/2025
7. Laura Frances Goffman, "Disorder and Diagnosis: Health and the Politics of Everyday Life in Modern Arabia" (Stanford UP, 2024)

   Published: 6/19/2025
8. Chinese in Qatar

   Published: 6/18/2025
9. Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab, "Contemporary Arab Thought: Cultural Critique in Comparative Perspective" (Columbia UP, 2025)

   Published: 6/11/2025
10. Sabrin Hasbun, "Crossing: A Love Story Between Italy and Palestine" (Footnote Press, 2025)

    Published: 6/6/2025
11. Dave Margoshes, "A Simple Carpenter" (Radiant Press, 2024)

    Published: 6/6/2025
12. Brandon Wolfe-Hunnicutt, "The Paranoid Style in American Diplomacy: Oil and Arab Nationalism in Iraq" (Stanford UP, 2021)

    Published: 6/3/2025
13. Zohra Saed and Sahar Muradi, "One Story, Thirty Stories: An Anthology of Contemporary Afghan American Literature" (U Arkansas Press, 2010)

    Published: 5/31/2025
14. Jonas Elbousty and Roger Allen, "Reading Mohamed Choukri's Narratives: Hunger in Eden" (Routledge, 2024)

    Published: 5/30/2025
15. Chris Aslan, "Unravelling the Silk Road: Travels and Textiles in Central Asia" (Icon Books, 2024)

    Published: 5/29/2025
16. Toine van Teeffelen, "The Birthplace of Jesus Is in Palestine: A Memoir" (Wipf and Stock, 2024)

    Published: 5/23/2025
17. Derek J. Penslar, "Zionism: An Emotional State" (Rutgers UP, 2023)

    Published: 5/21/2025
18. Timothy A. Lee, "The Syriac Peshiṭta Bible: The New Testament" (Gorgias Press, 2023)

    Published: 5/19/2025
19. Todd Reisz, "Showpiece City: How Architecture Made Dubai" (Stanford UP, 2021)

    Published: 5/18/2025
20. David Kraemer, "Embracing Exile: The Case for Jewish Diaspora" (Oxford UP, 2025)

    Published: 5/17/2025