{"id":5648,"count":47,"description":"We have nearly 50 interviews discussing a vast range of books on the Middle East: Books on individual Middle Eastern countries, books on the culture of the Middle East, the religions and politics of the Middle East and books on the conflicts that have beset the region in recent decades.\r\n\r\nThere are a number of interviews recommending books on the general history of the Middle East. Jo Tatchell recommends the books on 'Desert Nations<\/a>', Philip Mansel on the Levant<\/a>.\u00a0 Issandr El Amrani recommends his best books on Understanding the Arab World<\/a> and Eugene Rogan on the Arabs<\/a>.\u00a0 With a slightly wider perspective, Tim Mackintosh-Smith<\/a> and Ziauddin Sardar<\/a> both recommend their best books on travelling in the muslim World.\r\n\r\nThere are recommendations for books on individual countries:\r\n
\r\n\r\nIran\u00a0<\/a>\r\nIraq<\/a>\r\nIsrael<\/a>\r\nLebanon<\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n
\r\n\r\nPalestine<\/a>\r\nSaudi Arabia<\/a>\r\nSyria<\/a>\r\nTurkey<\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n
\r\n\r\nA number of our interviews deal with books on the role of Islam in the Middle East. Malise Ruthven looks at Islamism<\/a>. Others look at Islamic militancy<\/a>, the essence of Islam<\/a> and Islam and modernity<\/a>. Peter Adamson looks at Philosophy in the Islamic World<\/a>.\r\n\r\nOthers choose books that deal with conflicts in the Middle East.\u00a0 Nikolaos van Dam looks at the Syrian civil war<\/a>. Gabriel Piterberg looks at Zionism and anti-Zionism<\/a>. Other interviews cover the Iraq War<\/a>, Al Qaeda<\/a>, and the Israeli-Palestinian<\/a> conflict.\r\n\r\nThe role of the US in the Middle East is covered Stephen Walt, who chooses his best books on US-Israel relations<\/a> and by Lloyd Gardner, who chooses his best books on Egypt and America<\/a>.\r\n\r\nOn a more historical note, Gershon Hundert chooses his best books on Jewish history<\/a>, Norman Stone his best books on Turkish history<\/a>, Kanan Makiya his best books on Iraqi history<\/a> and Ali Ansari his best books on Iranian history<\/a>.\u00a0 Thomas de Waal chooses the best memoirs of the Armenian Genocide<\/a>.\r\n\r\nThere are interviews exclusively devoted to Middle Eastern literature.\u00a0 Susan Abulhawa chooses the best Palestinian writing<\/a> and Ayelet Gundar-Goshen chooses the best contemporary Israeli fiction<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<\/div>","link":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/category\/world\/asia\/middle-east\/","name":"Middle East","slug":"middle-east","taxonomy":"category","parent":5616,"meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/5648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/5616"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=5648"},{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book?categories=5648"},{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/books_like_this?categories=5648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}