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MIDDLE EAST / ISLAM BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books at Skyline College Library

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(Call numbers appear in brackets at the end of each entry)

NONFICTION TITLES

Accad, Evelyne. Wounding Words. Oxford: Heinemann, 1996. [DT250.2.A2813 1996]

Ahmed, Leila. Women and Gender in Islam. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1992. [HQ1784.A67 1992]

Armstrong, Karen. The Battle for God. 1st ed. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. [BM390.A69 2000]

Barakat, Halim Isber. The Arab World. Berkeley: Univeristy of California Press, 1993. [DS36.88.B36 1993]

Barnett, Michael N. Dialogues in Arab Politics. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998. [DS63.6.B35 1998]

Benvenisti, Meron. City of Stone: The Hidden History of Jerusalem. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. [DS109.9 B48 1996]

Blair, Sheila. The Art and Architecture of Islam, 1250-1800. New Haven Conn.: Yale University Press, 1994. [N6260.B56 1994]

Bloom, Jonathan. Islam: A Thousand Years of Faith and Power. New York: TV Books, 2000. [BP55.B57 2000]

Bromley, Simon. Rethinking Middle East Politics. 1st University of Texas Press ed. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1994. [DS63.B68 1994]

Brooks, Geraldine. Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women. 1st ed. New York: Anchor Hardcover, 1995. [HQ1170.B76 1995]

Caubet, Annie. The Ancient Near East. Paris: Terrail, 1998. [DS62.2.C3713 1998]

Ciment, James. The Kurds. New York: Facts on File, 1996. [DS59.K86 C56 1996]

Ciment, James. Palestine/Israel. New York: Facts on File, 1997. [DS119.7.C56 1997]

City of the Great King: Jerusalem from David to the Present. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1996. [DS109.9.C58 1996]

Cleveland, William L. A History of the Modern Middle East. Boulder: Westview Press, 1994. [DS62.4.C53 1994]

Critchlow, Keith. Islamic Patterns. Rochester, Vt: Inner Traditions, 1999. [N6260.C7 1999]

Daniel, Elton L. The history of Iran. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2001. [DS272.D36 2001]

Darabi, Parvin. Rage against the Veil: The Courageous Life and Death of an Islamic Dissident. Amherst, N.Y: Prometheus Books, 1999. [HQ1735.2.Z75 D37 1999]

Davidson, Lawrence. Islamic Fundamentalism. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1998. [BP60.D38 1998]

Dictionary of the ancient Near East. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000. [REF/DS56.D5 2000]

Everyday life in the Muslim Middle East. Bloomington: Indiana University press, 1993. [DS57.E94 1992]

Freke, Timothy. The Wisdom of the Sufi Sages. Boston, Mass: Journey Editions, 1998. [BP189.62.F72 1998]

Goldschmidt, Arthur. A Concise History of the Middle East. 5th ed. Boulder, Colo: Westview Press, 1996. [DS62.G64 1996]

Harik, Ramsay M. Women in the Middle East. New York: Franklin Watts, 1996. [HQ1726.5.H37 1996]

Hekmat, Anwar. Women and the Koran. Amherst, N.Y: Prometheus Books, 1997. [BP134.W6 H45 1997]

Hiro, Dilip. Dictionary of the Middle East. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996. [REF/DS43.H57 1996]

Hiro, Dilip. The Middle East. Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1996. [DS63.1.H574 1996]

The Holy Qur'an. New rev. (4th) ed. Brentwood, Md., U.S.A: Amana Corp, 1989. [BP109 1989]

Homeland: Oral Histories of Palestine and Palestinians. New York: Olive Branch Press, 1993. [DS119.7.H67 1994]

Howard, Douglas A. The History of Turkey. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 2001. [DR441.H69 2001]

Idinopulos, Thomas A. Weathered by Miracles: A History of Palestine from Bonaparte and Muhammad Ali to Ben-Gurion and the Mufti. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 1998. [DS125.I35 1998]

Indonesia beyond Suharto. Armonk, N.Y: M.E. Sharpe, 1999. [JQ770.I57 1999]

Islam. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, 1995. [BP173.7.I854 1995]

Kimmerling, Baruch. Palestinians. New York: Free Press, 1993. [DS119.7.K4943 1993]

The Koran. 5th rev. ed., reprinted with minor rev. and additional notes, 1995. London, England: Penguin Books, 1995. [BP109.K45 1995]

Lesch, Ann Mosely. Origins and Development of the Arab-Israeli Conflict. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1998. [DS119.7.L4665 1998]

Lewis, Bernard. Cultures in Conflict. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. [D228.L49 1995]

Mandel Khan, Gabriel. Arabic Script. English language ed., 1st ed. New York: Abbeville Press, 2001. [NK3633.A2 M3613 2001]

Marsden, Peter Richard Valentine. The Taliban: War, Religion, and The New Order in Afghanistan. Karachi: Oxford University Press, 1998. [DS371.2.M37 1998]

Massoulie, Francois. Middle East Conflicts. 1st American ed. New York: Interlink Books, 1999. [DS62.8.M3213 1999]

Maxwell, Gavin. Lords of the Atlas: Morocco . . . 1st Lyons Press ed. New York: Lyons Press, 2000. [DT324.M45 2000]

McDowall, David, 1945-. A Modern History of the Kurds. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996. [DS51.K7 M346 1996]

Mernissi, Fatima. The Veil and The Male Elite: A Feminist Interpretation of Women's Rights in Islam. Reading, Mass: Addison-Wesley Pub. Co, 1991. [BP135.8.W67 M4713 1991]

The Middle East. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2000. [DS63.1.M5426 2000]

Mulder, Niels. Inside Indonesian Society. 2nd ed. Amsterdam: Pepin Press, 1996. [DS646.23.M845 1996]

The Muslim Almanac. Detroit: Gale Research, 1996. [REF/BP40.M83 1996]

Mutahhari, Murtaza. The Islamic Modest Dress. 3rd ed. Chicago: Kazi Publications, Inc, 1992. [HQ1170.M85 1992]

Naff, Alixa. The Arab Americans. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 1999. [E184.A65 N34 1999]

Naipaul, V. S. Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions among the Converted Peoples. 1st U.S. ed. New York: Random House, 1998. [BP63.A1 N35 1998]

Netton, Ian Richard. A Popular Dictionary of Islam. Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Humanities Press International, 1992. [REF/BP40.N48 1992]

Peretz, Don. Intifada: The Palestinian Uprising. Boulder: Westview Press, 1990. [DS110.W47 P46 1990]

Political Islam. Newbury Park, Calif: Sage Publications, 1992. [H1.A4 v.524]

The Quest for the Historical Muhammad. Amherst, N.Y: Prometheus Books, 2000. [BP169.Q47 2000]

Rashid, Ahmed. Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil, and Fundamentalism in Central Asia. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000. [DS371.2.R367 2000]

Robinson, Francis. The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Islamic World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. [DS35.63.R63 1996]

Rubin, Barry M. Revolution until Victory? Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1994. [DS119.7.R754 1994]

Sciolino, Elaine. Persian Mirrors. New York: Free Press, 2000. [DS318.8.S35 2000]

Sinclair, Andrew. Jerusalem. 1st ed. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1995. [DS109.9.S54 1995]

Smith, Jane I. Islam in America. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999. [BP67.U6 S6 1999]

The Spread of Islam. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1999. [BP55.S68 1999]

Steins, Richard. The Mideast after the Gulf War. 1st ed. Brookfield, Conn: Millbrook Press, 1992. [DS63.1.S74 1992]

Sullivan, Denis Joseph. The Israel-P.L.O. Declaration of Principles. Washington, D.C: Institute for the Study of Diplomacy Publications, Georgetown University, 1995. [DS119.7.S84 1995]

Tan, Hock Beng. Indonesian Accents: Architecture, Interior Design, Art. New York: Visual Reference Publications, 1999. [NA1526.T36 1999]

Teachings of Sufism. 1st ed. Boston: Shambhala, 1999. [BP189.3.T38 1999]

Tessler, Mark. Democracy and Islam in Arab Politics. Washington, D.C: Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Georgetown University, 1995. [JC49.T47 1995]

Understanding the Contemporary Middle East. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2000. [DS44.U473 2000]

What Life Was Like in the Lands of the Prophet. Alexandria, Va: Time-life Books, 1999. [DS36.855.W48 1999]

Wright, Robin B. The Last Great Revolution. 1st ed. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. [DS318.8.W75 2000]

Yetiv, Steven A. The Persian Gulf Crisis. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1997. [DS79.72.Y48 1997]

Ziring, Lawrence. The Middle East. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO, 1992. [REF/DS61.Z58 1992]

 

FICTION TITLES

Mahfuz, Najib. Palace of Desire. 1st Anchor Books ed. New York: Anchor Books, 1992. [PJ7846.A46 Q313 1992]

Mahfuz, Najib. Palace Walk. 1st U.S. ed. New York: Doubleday, 1990. [PJ7846.A46 B313 1990]

Mahfuz, Najib. Sugar Street. 1st Anchor Books ed. New York: Anchor Books, 1993. [PJ7846.A46 S913 1993]

 

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