Contemporary Middle East

In the second edition of The New Middle East, renowned scholar James L. Gelvin explains how in the aftermath of the collapse of the USSR, the American invasion of Iraq, and the Arab uprisings of 2010-11, a new Middle East has emerged. Syria, Libya, and Yemen have become "crisis states," where warlords vie against governments and each other. The economies of Iran, Turkey, and Lebanon, weakened by corruption, sanctions, and neoliberal economic policies, have imploded. Some states have doubled-down on repression, while others intervene in the internal affairs of their neighbors with impunity.

Deep within the Pentagon, a covert, multi-billion arms-for-influence program was created. The objective was to protect the United States and its allies from terrorist acts by secretly enabling a hand-picked man to emerge as the most powerful leader in the Middle East. But the charismatic Tristan...

Dewey Andreas, former Delta and newly recruited intelligence agent, is sidelined after screwing up his last two operations. Still drowning in grief after the tragic murder of his fiancé, Dewey has seemingly lost his focus, his edge, and the confidence of his superiors. A high level Russian...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Call Me By Your Name, a passionate portrait of love’s contradictory power, in five illuminating stories. André Aciman, hailed as a writer of “fiction at its most supremely interesting” (The New York Review of Books), has written a novel that...

In Ben Coes' latest, Eye for an Eye, Dewey Andreas faces the toughest odds of his life as one of China's most powerful men has decided to do whatever he must to take down Dewey—and inflicts a horrifying loss. When Dewey uncovers the identity of a mole embedded at a high level in Israel's...

A rich and varied collection of contemporary short stories, extracts from novels, and poetry that will go a long way toward informing the English-speaking world of the latest developments in Iranian literature. This sampling - or to use the Farsi term golchine, a bouquet - provides a window onto an important but sorely neglected segment of world culture. We hope it will also serve to awaken further interest in the work and in translations of Iranian novelists and poets.

Declan Walsh is one of the New York Times's most distinguished international correspondents. His electrifying portrait of Pakistan over a tumultuous decade captures the sweep of this strange, wondrous, and benighted country through the dramatic lives of nine fascinating individuals. On assignment as the country careened between crises, Walsh traveled from the raucous port of Karachi to the salons of Lahore, and from Baluchistan to the mountains of Waziristan. He met a diverse cast of extraordinary Pakistanis....

Meet four powerful sheikhs and the women who tame them. From palaces in desert landscapes and city centers, be transported to foreign places and fall in love right alongside our heroes and heroines. Book 1 - The Sheikh's Runaway Bride She craves her freedom. He craves her permanently in his bed. Book 2 - The Sheikh's Captive Lover A sheikh wishing for anonymity. A photographer wishing for great success. Book 3 - The Sheikh's Forbidden Wife She chose to escape a future of tyranny. He has no choice but to take her as his wife. Book 4 - The Sheikh's Secret Mistress She's a commoner, he's a ...

Enjoy this voice-only audio recording of the New Arabic Version, read by two different readers. The New Arabic Version offers a faithful rendering of Scripture’s original word order while also delivering the most comprehensive and clear translation of the Bible’s stories and concepts...

From the author of the “bighearted . . . inspiring” (Vogue) memoir Kabul Beauty School comes a fiction debut as compelling as real life: the story of a remarkable coffee shop in the heart of Afghanistan, and the men and women who meet there—thrown together by circumstance, bonded by...

From the Nobel Prize winner and best-selling author of Snow and My Name Is Red, a fable of fathers and sons and the desires that come between them. On the outskirts of a town thirty miles from Istanbul, a master well digger and his young apprentice are hired to find water on a barren plain. As...

Reveal Dubai: The City of Towers and Timeless Traditions is an immersive travel narrative that goes beyond landmarks to uncover the emotional and cultural rhythm of one of the world’s most dynamic cities. Blending personal experience with reflective insight, the book invites readers to see Dubai not only as a destination of luxury and ambition, but as a place of balance, depth, and quiet wisdom. Structured across twelve thoughtfully crafted chapters, the journey begins with first impressions beneath a dramatic skyline and unfolds through desert silence, family bonds, historic ...

Some missions are sanctioned. Others are personal. This one could change history. Winner of the 2023 National Jewish Book Award for Hebrew Fiction in Translation, Operation Bethlehem is a tense, morally charged espionage thriller written by a bestselling Israeli author and former intelligence officer. What if your only shot at redemption meant risking your life to uncover one of history’s greatest mysteries that is powerful enough to reshape the Middle East? Set among the sacred stone walls of modern-day Bethlehem, Operation Bethlehem blends high-stakes espionage with the suspense of a ...

In a world built on lies, the most dangerous truth, is the one you tell yourself. Written by a bestselling Israeli author and former intelligence officer, and the award-winning author of Operation Bethlehem – which won the 2023 National Jewish Book Award for Hebrew Fiction in Translation – Behind the Trigger is a psychologically charged espionage novel that explores the human toll of living in the shadows. What if one impossible decision during a suspenseful mission shattered everything you believed about your past? Set deep within the world of contemporary Israeli espionage, Behind the...

One of three volumes responding to the 7 October attack, Law and Society begins with a legal and a genocide studies critique of the claim that Israel is genocidal; another reflects on the absence of an understanding of antisemitism in international legal discourse. There are reflections on experiences in the Palestine solidarity movement and on the twists that discourse there takes. Contributions draw on Judaism, feminism, and sociology to face what happened and to trace how Israelis were transported back to a quintessentially pre-Israel Jewish experience.

In a world where bloodlines determine destiny, their love could destroy everything. Jazmina Fadel may be Sheikh Fayez Al-Khan's mistress, but she knows their arrangement can't last forever. While princesses compete for his hand, she's fighting for something they take for granted...the right to be chosen. All the luxury means nothing when what she truly wants—marriage, children, a future—remains out of reach. Sheikh Fayez never planned to fall in love, especially with a woman who has no royal blood. But Jazmina changes everything. When pressure mounts for him to marry Princess Takisha to...

Meet four powerful sheikhs and the women who tame them. From palaces in desert landscapes and city centers, be transported to foreign places and fall in love right alongside our heroes and heroines. Book 5 – The Sheikh’s Defiant Princess She desires the man of her dreams. Can she resist the attention of another? Book 6 – The Sheikh’s Fake Fiancée She’s an outcast. He’s a newly appointed sheikh. It can’t possibly work—can it? Book 7 – The Sheikh’s Royal Widow He’s running from the past. She’s afraid to face the future. Can they create a perfect today? Book 8 – The ...

A searing debut novel from the award-winning author of You Know When the Men are Gone, about jealousy, the unpredictable path of friendship, and the secrets kept in marriage, all set within the U.S. expat community of the Middle East during the rise of the Arab Spring. Both Cassie Hugo and...

She ran from tyranny. He is trapped into becoming her husband. Sheikha Yasmine Al-Fasih will do anything to escape her father’s arranged marriage to a cruel man twice her age. Her only chance at freedom? Seducing honorable guest Sheikh Jamal Qadir and ensuring he has no choice but to claim her as his wife. Better to endure a marriage built on mistrust than a lifetime bound to a despot. Sheikh Jamal only wants his business negotiations with Sheikh Zameer finished and done. One night, one bed, and he’ll be gone. But when he discovers a stunning blonde beauty waiting beneath his sheets, ...

Maze of Destiny paints a vivid picture of a Syrian family struggling to survive amidst the chaos and brutality of war. Mullah Abdullah, a respected imam, sees his peaceful world shattered when a bombing devastates his mosque. Injured and grappling with fear, he must confront the terrifying reality of a war that spares neither places of worship nor human lives. Meanwhile, his wife Amani faces a mother's worst nightmare: their daughter, Zahra, has been kidnapped. As Amani desperately seeks news of her daughter and tends to her injured husband, Zahra finds unexpected solace in her friendship ...