Titoli in Medio Oriente

اختلف معه سياسيٍّا ما شئت، حاكمه على فترة حكمه كما تحب، ولكن لا تنس أن التاريخ لا يسجل أحداثه بشكل انتقائي متحيز، بل يسرد في صفحات أيامه يومًا بيوم وساعة بساعة وموقفًا بموقف، بطولات وهزائم، إخفاقات ونجاحات، خيرًا وشرٍّا... فالتاريخ يعلم أنه يوثق مسار بشرية لها ما لها وعليها ما عليها. ومن هنا كان قرارنا بنشر مذكرات اللواء طيار محمد حسني مبارك، التي يوثق من ، خلالها حقيقة ما تعرضت له القوات الجوية المصرية في نكسة يونية عام 1967. وكيف أعادت بناء نفسها لتكون رأس الحربة في نصر السادس من أكتوبر 1973

For centuries, whispers of a forbidden ritual have haunted archaeologists and historians, a chilling practice woven into the rise and fall of Egypt’s most powerful rulers. In The Pharaoh’s Kill List: Inside the Ancient Egyptian Tradition of Human Sacrifice, bestselling researcher Davis Truman pulls back the curtain on a world where divine kingship demanded blood, loyalty was enforced through death, and every royal tomb carried secrets meant to stay hidden forever.

حافلة هي تلك الفترة التي حكم فيها السادات مصر وحافلة بالأحداث، حياة عائلة البنهاوي صعود وتألق، أم انكسار وانحسار ؟

Drawing on an array of primary sources in multiple languages, Farzin Vejdani argues that the ambiguity in defining the boundaries between private and public in Qajar Iran often corresponded with the jurisdictional friction between government authorities and religious scholars regarding who had the authority to police and punish public crimes.

Recognizing that Israeli-Jewish and Palestinian-Arab societies coexist and are engaged in constant relations, Nahum Karlinsky has assembled an impressive array of contributors to explore these diasporas alongside one another and in dialogue with other diasporic communities.

Before there was Madonna or Beyoncé, there was Googoosh. For the first time, one of the biggest pop stars of the 20th century tells her remarkable story: her rise to fame in pre-revolution Iran, her arrest and imprisonment, her twenty-year exile, and finally, her triumphant return to the global...

A rare and powerful story of hope, love, survival,and the struggle to bring back alive a hostage in Iraq Micah Garen and Marie-Hélène Carleton were journalists and filmmakers working in Iraq on a documentary about the looting of the country's legendary archaeological sites, with their Iraqi...

Like no book before it, Preachers of Hate uncovers an ancient hatred that threatens the life and livelihood of every American. The “new” anti-Semitism targets not only Jews, but Americans specifically and the West in general. It targets our values, our lifestyle, and our freedoms. It is the...

At the age of only 36, Sir Mark Sykes was signatory to the Sykes-Picot agreement, one of the most reviled treaties of modern times. A century later, Christopher Sykes’ lively biography of his grandfather reassesses his life and work, and the political instability and violence in the Middle...

In the whirlwind of accusations and recriminations that emerged in the wake of 9/11 and the Iraq war, one man's vital testimony has been conspicuously absent. Candid and gripping, At the Center of the Storm recounts George Tenet's time at the Central Intelligence Agency, a revealing look at the...

To America, he was a hero. To his troops, he was a soldier. Now hear his story. The Commander in Chief of the United States Central Command from July 2000 through July 2003, General Tommy Franks made history by leading American and Coalition forces to victory in Afghanistan and Iraq -- the...

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. Learn about the Egyptian gods, mummification and how the Egyptians built the only wonder of the ancient world still standing – the Pyramids of Giza. Exploring the historic rise of Egyptian civilization and its continued influence on the...

At a time when America debates its values and the world braces for religious war, Bruce Feiler, author of the New York Times bestsellers Walking the Bible and Abraham, travels ten thousand miles through the Middle East to examine the question Is Religion Tearing Us Apart ... Or Can it Bring Us...

Former CIA operative Robert Baer examines the dangers behind America's collaboration with Saudi Arabia. Nominally based on a "harmony of interests" - the Saudis sold their oil to the American government very inexpensively - what we offered in exchange has damaged our position in the Middle East...

“This is the face of war as only those who have fought it can describe it.”—Senator John McCain Fallujah: Iraq’s most dangerous city unexpectedly emerged as the major battleground of the Iraqi insurgency. For twenty months, one American battalion after another tried to quell the...

The bestselling author of Gates of Fire and Killing Rommel delivers his first work of military nonfiction—an epic narrative of the Six Day War. June 5, 1967. The fearsome, Soviet-equipped Egyptian Army and its 1000 tanks are massed on Israel’s southern border. Meanwhile, the Syrian Army is...

Beginning with reformers who believed a modern army and a rule-bound bureaucracy could save the state, it follows the Tanzimat project, the growth of new schools and publics, and the arrival of steam, telegraph, and rail. These changes produced opportunity and conflict at once, strengthening central authority while sharpening questions of citizenship, language, and belonging. As Balkan nationalisms and Great Power rivalry escalated, constitutional experiments collided with authoritarian security politics, culminating in the Young Turk era and the empire’s descent into near-continuous war.

هارون الرشيد ليس مجرد سردٍ تاريخي، بل لوحةٌ تمتزج فيها السياسة بالثقافة، تنقل لنا مجدًا براقًا وتراجيديا خفية من قلب الدولة العباسية.

في القرن الثاني عشر، حاول البحارة العرب عبور "بحر الظلمات" باتجاه الغرب، إذ تناهت إلى سمعهم أخبار عن ثروات الطرف الآخر، كما أنهم كانوا يثقون بمهاراتهم الملاحية المتطورة جدًّا. لقد تمكّن العربُ من حِساب خطوط الطّول والعرض بشِكلٍ يمكن الاعتماد عليه قبل الأوروبيين بعقود، كما رسموا خرائط دقيقة.بالاستناد إلى عدد من الرسومات التوضيحية، تسلط سوزانه بيليغ الضوء على العلوم العربية المتعلقة بالفلك والملاحة البحرية ورسم الخرائط والإبحار،وتبرز كيف تبنى الأوروبيون تلك المعرفة، بعد أن كانوا متأخرين تقنيًّا في تلك المجالات، وأخفوا أصولها العربية. هذا الكتاب الرائع لبيليغ يستند إلى الأبحاث الرا...

Bringing cities, soldiers, scholars, and merchants to life, the book reframes “decline” as an intense school of adaptation that culminated in the shock of 1798 Egypt—an ending that seeded the next Ottoman century of reforms.