The Emergence of the Modern Middle East

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Coursera - Tel Aviv University: List of books on the reading list and student suggestions
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Histoire des peuples arabes
de Albert Hourani
3,262 membres
18 critiques
½ 3.7
5 Members
avatiakh, Polaris-, kara.shamy, Phoenxangelfire, aanilsakaryali
Explications
avatiakh: course text
4
The Middle East: 2000 Years of History From the Rise of Christianity to the Present Day
de Bernard Lewis
1,593 membres
14 critiques
½ 3.5
4 Members
avatiakh, HxBuff, Polaris-, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
avatiakh: course text
5
Power, Faith and Fantasy: America in the Middle East, 1776 to the Present
de Michael B. Oren
1,044 membres
14 critiques
3.9
4 Members
avatiakh, Polaris-, Phoenxangelfire, skid0612
6
Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia
de Michael Korda
657 membres
14 critiques
4
4 Members
aulsmith, avatiakh, Polaris-, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
aulsmith: I recently read this. Excellent book and very helpful in understanding some of the current problems in the Middle East.
7
L'Orientalisme : L'Orient créé par l'Occident
de Edward W. Said
5,726 membres
41 critiques
3.9
4 Members
avatiakh, HxBuff, kara.shamy, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
avatiakh: student
8
C'était en Palestine au temps des coquelicots
de Tom Segev
577 membres
5 critiques
4
3 Members
avatiakh, Polaris-, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
avatiakh: student
10
Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East
de Scott Anderson
1,408 membres
50 critiques
4.1
4 Members
avatiakh, kara.shamy, Phoenxangelfire, skid0612
Explications
avatiakh: student
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The Modern Middle East: A Reader
de Albert Hourani
79 membres
2
3 Members
avatiakh, kara.shamy, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
avatiakh: course text
12
1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War
de Benny Morris
321 membres
6 critiques
4.1
3 Members
avatiakh, Polaris-, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
avatiakh: student
13
La guerre cachée : Al-Qaïda et les origines du terrorisme islamiste
de Lawrence Wright
3,451 membres
79 critiques
½ 4.3
4 Members
avatiakh, kara.shamy, Phoenxangelfire, skid0612
Explications
avatiakh: student - gives perspective to how events of the last half of the 20th century have shaped and spawned global terrorism in the middle east and abroad in the last three decades.
14
Syria and the French Mandate: The Politics of Arab Nationalism 1920-1945
de Philip S. Khoury
18 membres
½ 4.5
3 Members
avatiakh, songhrati, kara.shamy
Explications
avatiakh: Reading List week 6
15
Islam and the West
de Bernard Lewis
251 membres
1 critique
3.8
3 Members
avatiakh, HxBuff, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
avatiakh: course text
16
Histoire secrète du Mossad de 1951 à nos jours
de Gordon Thomas
730 membres
16 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
HxBuff, Luchtpint
17
My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel
de Ari Shavit
822 membres
55 critiques
4.2
3 Members
avatiakh, Polaris-, Phoenxangelfire
18
The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit
de Lucette Lagnado
552 membres
24 critiques
3.8
3 Members
avatiakh, johnhealey, Phoenxangelfire
19
Israel Has Moved
de Diana Pinto
20 membres
3 Members
avatiakh, Polaris-, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
avatiakh: student
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Suez 1956: The Inside Story of the First Oil War
de Barry Turner
51 membres
3 critiques
½ 3.6
3 Members
avatiakh, Polaris-, Phoenxangelfire
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The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin
de Yoram Peri
8 membres
3 Members
avatiakh, Polaris-, Phoenxangelfire
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Jérusalem: Biographie
de Simon Sebag-Montefiore
2,173 membres
43 critiques
4
3 Members
avatiakh, Polaris-, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
avatiakh: student
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The Arab Spring: The End of Postcolonialism
de Hamid Dabashi
38 membres
½ 2.5
3 Members
avatiakh, johnhealey, Phoenxangelfire
25
Napoleon in Egypt
de Paul Strathern
199 membres
4 critiques
3.8
3 Members
avatiakh, Polaris-, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
avatiakh: student
26
Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes
de Tamim Ansary
1,024 membres
36 critiques
4.2
3 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire, skid0612
Explications
avatiakh: student - reaches beyond the Middle East to chronicle the history of the entire Islamic world
27
The Greatness that was Babylon
de H. W. F. Saggs
451 membres
1 critique
½ 3.7
3 Members
avatiakh, simppeli, Phoenxangelfire
28
Ô Jérusalem !
de Larry Collins
1,421 membres
29 critiques
4
3 Members
avatiakh, Polaris-, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
avatiakh: student
29
Les sept piliers de la sagesse
de T. E. Lawrence
4,781 membres
55 critiques
4
3 Members
avatiakh, Polaris-, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
avatiakh: student
30
La deuxième personne
de Sayed Kashua
197 membres
13 critiques
4
3 Members
avatiakh, Polaris-, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
avatiakh: student - fiction about Jewish and Israeli-Arab identity in modern Israel
31
Une histoire d'amour et de ténèbres
de Amos Oz
2,358 membres
58 critiques
4.2
3 Members
avatiakh, Polaris-, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
avatiakh: student
32
Palestine Betrayed
de Efraim Karsh
79 membres
½ 4.3
3 Members
avatiakh, Polaris-, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
avatiakh: student
33
The Yom Kippur War: The Epic Encounter That Transformed the Middle East
de Abraham Rabinovich
253 membres
5 critiques
½ 4.3
3 Members
avatiakh, Polaris-, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
avatiakh: student
35
La grande guerre pour la civilisation : L'Occident à la conquête du Moyen-Orient (1979-2005)
de Robert Fisk
1,962 membres
40 critiques
½ 4.3
3 Members
avatiakh, kara.shamy, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
avatiakh: student
36
Lost History: The Enduring Legacy of Muslim Scientists, Thinkers, and Artists
de Michael H. Morgan
206 membres
1 critique
½ 3.6
3 Members
avatiakh, HxBuff, Phoenxangelfire
37
Voyages
de Ibn Battuta
336 membres
5 critiques
3.9
3 Members
avatiakh, Polaris-, Phoenxangelfire
38
Israel: A History
de Anita Shapira
105 membres
1 critique
½ 4.6
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
39
Empires of the Sand: The Struggle for Mastery in the Middle East, 1789-1923
de Efraim Karsh
138 membres
1 critique
4
3 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire, skid0612
Explications
avatiakh: student
40
The Routledge Atlas of the Arab-Israeli Conflict (Routledge Historical Atlases)
de Martin Gilbert
322 membres
2 critiques
3.8
2 Members
avatiakh, Bretzky1
Explications
avatiakh: student
41
Loaded Dice: The Foreign Office and Israel
de Neill Lochery
3 membres
3 Members
avatiakh, Polaris-, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
avatiakh: student
42
The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State (Council on Foreign Relations)
de Noah Feldman
115 membres
2 critiques
½ 4.3
3 Members
avatiakh, kara.shamy, Phoenxangelfire
43
L'Ombre des Taliban
de Ahmed Rashid
1,449 membres
17 critiques
3.9
3 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire, skid0612
Explications
avatiakh: student
45
Menachem Begin: The Battle for Israel's Soul (Jewish Encounters Series)
de Daniel Gordis
63 membres
1 critique
½ 4.3
3 Members
avatiakh, Polaris-, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
avatiakh: student
46
Culture et Impérialisme
de Edward W. Said
2,031 membres
11 critiques
4
3 Members
avatiakh, kara.shamy, Phoenxangelfire
47
All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
de Stephen Kinzer
1,189 membres
22 critiques
4.1
3 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire, skid0612
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The Ottoman Centuries
de Lord Kinross
803 membres
10 critiques
½ 3.7
3 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire, skid0612
49
A contre-voie : Mémoires
de Edward W. Said
742 membres
11 critiques
3.8
3 Members
avatiakh, kara.shamy, Phoenxangelfire
50
Self-Criticism After the Defeat
de Sadik Al-Azm
16 membres
4
3 Members
avatiakh, Polaris-, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
avatiakh: reading list
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The Prime Ministers: An Intimate Narrative of Israeli Leadership
de Yehuda Avner
152 membres
4 critiques
½ 4.5
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
52
Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid
de Jimmy Carter
1,429 membres
27 critiques
½ 3.7
3 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire, skid0612
53
Fiasco : l'aventure américaine en Irak
de Thomas E. Ricks
2,096 membres
30 critiques
4.1
3 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire, skid0612
Explications
avatiakh: student
54
Histoire des Arabes
de Eugene Rogan
724 membres
6 critiques
4
3 Members
avatiakh, kara.shamy, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
avatiakh: student
55
Islam and Politics (Contemporary Issues in the Middle East)
de John L. Esposito
65 membres
3.8
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
avatiakh: Week 2
56
Islam et laïcité : la naissance de la Turquie moderne
de Bernard Lewis
159 membres
1 critique
½ 3.7
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
avatiakh: week 2
57
The History of Modern Egypt: From Muhammad Ali to Mubarak
de P. J. Vatikiotis
34 membres
1 critique
3.2
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
avatiakh: week 2
58
The Making of the Modern Near East 1792-1923
de Malcolm Yapp
61 membres
3.8
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
avatiakh: course text
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The Contemporary Middle East: A Westview Reader
de Karl Yambert
36 membres
1 critique
4
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
avatiakh: student - many contemporary contributors
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Six Days of War
de Michael B. Oren
1,525 membres
23 critiques
4.1
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
avatiakh: Reading list: week 7
61
Britain's Moment in the Middle East 1914-1956
de Elizabeth Monroe
12 membres
4
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
avatiakh: student rec
62
A History of the Modern Middle East
de William L. Cleveland
687 membres
6 critiques
4
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
avatiakh: student
63
The Strong Horse: Power, Politics, and the Clash of Arab Civilizations
de Lee Smith
58 membres
2 critiques
4
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
avatiakh: student rec
65
Egypt on the Brink: From Nasser to Mubarak
de Tarek Osman
89 membres
2 critiques
4
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
avatiakh: student
66
Nasser: The Last Arab
de Said K. Aburish
50 membres
1 critique
½ 3.7
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
avatiakh: student
67
Arabic Thought in the Liberal Age 1798-1939
de Albert Hourani
166 membres
1 critique
3.8
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
avatiakh: week 2
68
Nasser: A Political Biography
de Robert Stephens
10 membres
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
avatiakh: student
69
Colonising Egypt
de Timothy Mitchell
134 membres
½ 3.5
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
70
The Middle East and the West
de Bernard Lewis
60 membres
5
2 Members
avatiakh, HxBuff
71
Egyptian Service 1902-1946
de Sir Thomas Russell. Pasha
5 membres
4
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
72
Lebanon: A History, 600–2011
de William Harris
33 membres
1 critique
4
2 Members
avatiakh, kara.shamy
73
Russell Pasha
de Ronald Seth
2 membres
1 critique
4
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
74
The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World
de Avi Shlaim
434 membres
6 critiques
4
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
avatiakh: student
75
The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future
de Vali Nasr
620 membres
9 critiques
3.8
2 Members
avatiakh, HxBuff
76
The Vanished Imam: Musa Al Sadr and the Shia of Lebanon
de Fouad Ajami
54 membres
1 critique
3
2 Members
avatiakh, kara.shamy
Explications
avatiakh: Reading List week 6
78
The Young Turks' Crime Against Humanity: The Armenian Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing in the Ottoman Empire
de Taner Akçam
51 membres
1 critique
4
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
avatiakh: student - an important contribution to the documentation of the Armenian Genocide
79
Bible and Sword: England and Palestine from the Bronze Age to Balfour
de Barbara W. Tuchman
819 membres
14 critiques
½ 3.6
2 Members
avatiakh, kara.shamy
80
The Mantle of the Prophet: religion and politics in Iran
de Roy Mottahedeh
265 membres
4 critiques
½ 4.4
Member
avatiakh
81
Kingmakers: The Invention of the Modern Middle East
de Shareen Blair Brysac
173 membres
1 critique
½ 3.7
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
82
Photography's Orientalism: New Essays on Colonial Representation (Issues & Debates)
de Ali Behdad
10 membres
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
avatiakh: student
84
Doing Visual Ethnography
de Sarah Pink
61 membres
½ 3.3
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
avatiakh: student
85
The Arab Awakening
de Tariq Ramadan
23 membres
1 critique
3
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
avatiakh: student
86
Islam: A Very Short Introduction
de Malise Ruthven
650 membres
4 critiques
3.1
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
avatiakh: student
87
Que s'est-il passé ? L'Islam, l'Occident et la modernité
de Bernard Lewis
2,282 membres
29 critiques
½ 3.5
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
88
Islamic History: A Very Short Introduction
de Adam J. Silverstein
202 membres
1 critique
½ 3.7
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
avatiakh: student
89
Cain's Field: Faith, Fratricide, and Fear in the Middle East
de Matt Rees
39 membres
2 critiques
5
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
90
Iranienne et libre : mon combat pour la justice
de Shirin Ebadi
550 membres
16 critiques
4
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
91
Postcolonialism: A Very Short Introduction
de Robert J. C. Young
477 membres
4 critiques
3.2
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
avatiakh: student
92
Lion of Jordan: The Life of King Hussein in War and Peace
de Avi Shlaim
107 membres
3 critiques
½ 4.5
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
93
Documentary Film: A Very Short Introduction
de Patricia Aufderheide
146 membres
3.8
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
avatiakh: student
96
Islam: A Short History
de Karen Armstrong
2,826 membres
38 critiques
½ 3.6
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
97
Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet
de Karen Armstrong
984 membres
17 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
98
Why Blame Israel?
de Neill Lochery
41 membres
½ 2.7
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
avatiakh: student
99
The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East
de Sandy Tolan
1,185 membres
45 critiques
4
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
avatiakh: student
100
The View from the Fence: The Arab-Israeli Conflict from the Present to Its Roots
de Neill Lochery
6 membres
2 Members
avatiakh, Phoenxangelfire
Explications
avatiakh: student