Kingdom of Football
Saudi Arabia and the Remaking of World Soccer
ISBN: HB: 9781911723660,
Hurst Publishers,
August 2025
264 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
264 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
A fascinating account of how Saudi Arabia leveraged its massive oil wealth to alter the balance of power in world football.
"Kingdom of Football" explores how and why Saudi Arabia burst onto the landscape of world football in 2023, and examines wh...
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20.00 GBP
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Islamesque
The Forgotten Craftsmen Who Built Europe's Medieval Monuments
ISBN: HB: 9781805260974,
Hurst Publishers,
December 2024
480 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 150 illus.
480 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 150 illus.
A fascinating exploration of Europe's medieval architectural wonders–and the Muslim master-builders behind them.
Who really built Europe's finest Romanesque monuments? Abbots and bishops presiding over holy sites receive mentions aplenty throughou...
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25.00 GBP
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Sublime Post
How the Ottoman Imperial Post Became a Public Service
ISBN: HB: 9780300270532,
Yale University Press,
November 2024
272 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 25 black&white illus.
272 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 25 black&white illus.
A history of the postal system that once connected the Ottoman Empire.
Before the advent of steamships or the telegraph, the premier technology for long-distance communication was the horse-run relay system. Every empire had one – including the Ott...
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50.00 GBP
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Stranger in My Own Land
Palestine, Israel and One Family's Story of Home
ISBN: PB: 9781911723882,
ISBN: HB: 9781787387812,
Hurst Publishers,
August 2024
448 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 88 illus.
448 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 88 illus.
As seen in The Guardian Long Read
A moving exploration of belonging in a contested homeland, from a Palestinian writer and citizen of Israel.
After the 1993 Oslo Accords, a handful of Palestinians were allowed to return to their hometowns in Isr...
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15.99 GBP
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20.00 GBP
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Return of the Taliban
Afghanistan after the Americans Left
ISBN: PB: 9780300278712,
Yale University Press,
August 2024
352 pp., 19,6x12,7 cm, 15 colour illus., 2 tables, 2 maps
352 pp., 19,6x12,7 cm, 15 colour illus., 2 tables, 2 maps
The first account of the new Taliban – showing who they are, what they want, and how they differ from their predecessors.
Since the fall of Kabul in 2021, the Taliban have effective control of Afghanistan – a scenario few Western commentators antic...
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11.99 GBP
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Gaza
A History (Second Edition)
ISBN: PB: 9781911723592,
Hurst Publishers,
July 2024
640 pp., 19,8x12,9 cm
640 pp., 19,8x12,9 cm
Winner of the Middle East Monitor Palestine Book Award and a Guardian Book of the Year
The story of the struggle to control Gaza, from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.
Through its millennium-long existence, Gaza has often been bitterly...
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14.99 GBP
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My Egypt Archive
ISBN: PB: 9780300276800,
Yale University Press,
July 2024
180 pp., 21,5x13,9 cm
180 pp., 21,5x13,9 cm
A prominent historian provides an engaging on-the-ground account of the everyday authoritarianism that produced the Arab Spring in Egypt.
An unmatched contemporary history of authoritarian politics and an unflinching examination of the politics of h...
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15.99 GBP
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What Really Went Wrong
The West and the Failure of Democracy in the Middle East
ISBN: HB: 9780300259575,
Yale University Press,
May 2024
328 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm
328 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm
An ambitious revisionist history of the modern Middle East.
"What Really Went Wrong" offers a fresh and incisive assessment of American foreign policy's impact on the history and politics of the modern Middle East. Looking at flashpoints in Iranian...
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25.00 GBP
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Hope and Despair
Israel's Future in the New Middle East
ISBN: HB: 9781911723196,
Hurst Publishers,
May 2024
312 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
312 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
A frank assessment of Israel's uncertain place in a region scarred by conflict and insecurity. Where can the country and its people go from here?
Days before his country signed a deal to normalise ties with Israel, the Emirati Ambassador to the U...
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30.00 GBP
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Hezbollah
Mobilisation and Power
ISBN: PB: 9781911723448,
ISBN: HB: 9781849046312,
Hurst Publishers,
May 2024
376 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
376 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
Almost thirty years after its foundation, Hezbollah remains an enigma. Is it an Islamist terrorist group dedicated to destroying Israel or the first Arab national resistance to have ever defeated Tel Aviv's troops? Should we look at it as a patriot...
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18.99 GBP
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30.00 GBP
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