Results for: books tagged ‘Middle East’
Via Dolorosa: David Hare
'My whole life, it's been assumed, Western civilisation is an old bitch gone in the teeth. And so people say, go to Israel. Because in Israel at least people are ... More
Press Conference: Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter can sketch a world in a few lines which reveal the power of his vision focussed on the horrors that have been and that are to come. More
The Gun and the Olive Branch: David Hirst
'An epic tale . . . told relentlessly well. If you want to read a serious account of the price of Zionism, and a sobering review of Israel's new role ... More
Opium: Salar Abdoh
Opium is the story of a world-weary young American who has spent a substantial part of his thirty-something years in the Middle East. Formerly a low-level drug-runner along the Afghan/Iran ... More
A Writer's World: Jan Morris
In a wonderfully evocative collection of her travel writing and reportage from over five decades, Jan Morris has produced a unique portrait of the late-twentieth century - from New York ... More
The Prayer Room: Shan Khan
There was a place, where The Christians and The Muslims existed in relative peace. Everyone was more or less happy, except for The Jews - who were few and had ... More
A History of the Arab Peoples: Albert Hourani
In a work of profound and lasting importance, Albert Hourani tells the definitive history of the Arab peoples from the seventh century, when the new religion of Islam began to ... More
One Day in September: Simon Reeve
In the early hours of 5 September 1972 the perimeter fence surrounding the Olympic Village in Munich was scaled by terrorists. Their target was the temporary home of the Israeli ... More
Stuff Happens: David Hare
'A totally compelling play that ruthlessly exposes the dubious premises on which the Iraq war was fought . . . One comes out enriched, informed and moved by Hare's ability ... More
Lady Hester: Lorna Gibb
The biography of a great British traveller - the tall, headstrong and hugely charismatic Lady Hester Stanhope, who defied social convention to become a powerful figure in the Middle East. More
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