Middle East

[Middle East in General] [Egypt] [Israel] [Jordan] [Morocco]

MIDDLE EAST IN GENERAL

Ahmed, Akbar. Discovering Islam: Making Sense of Muslim History and Society (Routledge, 2002)

Nydell, Margaret K. Understanding Arabs: A Guide for Westerners (Yarmouth, ME: Intercultural Press, 2002)

Sedgwick, Mark. Islam & Muslims: A Guide to Diverse Experience in a Modern World (Boston/London: Intercultural Press, 2006)

 

 

 

EGYPT

Books:

Al Aswany, Alaa. The Yacoubian Building (HarperCollins, 2006)

Lababidi, Lesley, ed. Cairo: The Practical Guide (Cairo/NY: American University in Cairo Press, 2008)

Films:

The Yacoubian Building (dir. Marwan Hamed, 2006)

 

 

 

ISRAEL

Shahar Lucy and David Kurz, Border Crossings: American Interactions with Israelis (Intercultural Press, 1995)

 

 

 

JORDAN

Al-Atiyat, Ibtisam. The Women's Movement in Jordan (Amman: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, 2004)

Braizat, Musa S. The Jordanian-Palestinian Relationship: The Bankruptcy of the Confederal Idea (London: British Academic Pres, 1998)

Faqir, Fadia. Nisanit (Penguin, 1990)

Faqir, Fadia Pillars of Salt (Interlink, 1998)

Munif, Abdelrahman. Cities of Salt (Vintage International Edition, 1989)

Munif, Abd Al-Rahman and Samira Kawar. Story of a City: A Childhood in Amman (Quartet Books, 1998)

Robinson, Glenn E. Can Islamists Be Democrats? The Case of Jordan (in The Middle East Journal v. 51, no. 3, summer 1997)

Salibi, Kamal. The Modern History of Jordan (New York: IB Taurus, 1993)

Shami, Janset Berkok. Cages on Opposite Shores (NY: Interlink, 1995)

 

 

 

MOROCCO

El Alamy, Youssouf Amine. Two Novellas by YAE: A Moroccan in New York and Sea Drinkers (Lanham: Lexington Books, 2008)

Ennaji, Moha and Fatima Sadiqi. Migration and Gender in Morocco: The Impact of Migration on the Women Left Behind (Trenton: The Red Sea Press, 2008)

Hargraves, Orin. Culture Shock! Morocco: A Survival guide to Customs and Etiquette (Marshall Cavendish Corporation, 2009)

Howe, Marvine. Morocco: The Islamist Awakening and Other Challenges (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005)

McMurray, David. In and Out of Morocco (Minneapolis/London: University of Minnesota Press, 2001)

Slymovics, Susan. The Performance of Human Rights in Morocco (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005)