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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 3 books in this booklist
£12.99 paperback (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781784531386 | ISBN 10: 1784531383
Long before the European Renaissance, while the western world was languishing in what was once called the 'Dark Ages', the Arab world was ablaze with the creativity of its Golden Age. This is the story of how Islamic science, which began in eighth-ce ... more
View book details£16.99 paperback (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781848859272 | ISBN 10: 1848859279
Colloquial Arabic storytelling is most commonly associated with the Arabian Nights. But few people are aware of a much larger corpus of narrative texts known as popular epic. These heroic romantic tales, originating in the Middle Ages, form vast cycl ... more
View book details£12.99 paperback (2012) - ISBN 13: 9780230115927 | ISBN 10: 0230115926
Young Middle Easterners describe their experiences with the region's laws and cultural mores, including the crime of holding hands before marriage and young women fighting for education. Beautifully written and profoundly moving, these stories ... more
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