Slavery and Manumission

British Policy in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf in the first half of the 20th Century

‘I am a free-born woman, and not a slave of anyone’, Manuy bint Khalfan, Speaking to a British Agency in Sharjah on 24th October 1938. Manuy...

Tunisia since the Arab Conquest

The Saga of a Westernized Muslim State

This comprehensive history of Tunisia covers an essential period in the country’s development, from the Arab conquest of the seventh century to...

Nation-Building, State and the Genderframing of Women’s Rights in the United Arab Emirates (1971–2009)

The extensive changes to Emirati women’s traditional rights and roles have been one of the most visible transformations taking place in the United...

Through the Wall of Fire: Armenia ­– Iraq – Palestine

From Wrath to Reconciliation

Can peoples and nations who have been pitted against each other in geopolitically manipulated conflict overcome the adversary relationship and...

The Nabati Poetry of the United Arab Emirates

Selected Poems, Annotated and Translated into English, with accompanying Audio CD

Winner of the runner up prize of the BRISMES Book Award Nabati poetry is the traditional poetry of the Arab tribes of Arabia and neighbouring...

The Arab State and Neo-Liberal Globalization

The Restructuring of State Power in the Middle East

This collection of essays by leading academics offers an alternative approach to the study of today’s Arab states by focusing on their...

The Day Turkey Stood Still

Merve Kavakci’s Walk into the Turkish Parliament

Are Muslim women always going to be subject to prejudice as a result of their religious beliefs? On May 2nd 1999, Merve Kavakci walked into the...

Madmen at the Helm

Pathology and Politics in the Arab Spring

‘No, no one against us. Against me, for what? … They love me, all my people with me, they love me all. They will die to protect me, my people.’...

The Society of the Muslim Brothers

The Rise of an Islamic Mass Movement 1928-1942

Following the remarkable resurgence of Islamic political activism in recent decades, radical Islamist movements now have a presence in almost...

The Reconciliation of the Fundamentals of Islamic Law

Al-Muwafaqat Fi Usul Al-Sharai'a

The Reconciliation of the Fundamentals of Islamic Law, or al-Muwafaqat fi Usul Al-Sharai'a, written by Ibrahim ibn Musa Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi is an...

The Unique Necklace, Volume III

Al-'Iqd Al-Farid

Al-`Iqd al-Farid (The Unique Necklace), translated now for the first time into English, is one of the classics of Arabic literature. Compiled in...

Political Islam in the Global World

The combination of Islam and politics creates strong images and provokes fierce discussion. Over the last few decades we have seen how Islam has...

Security Arrangements in the Persian Gulf

With Special Reference to Iran’s Foreign Policy

The strategic and economic characteristics of the Persian Gulf have made it of critical importance to all the states bordering its coastline, as...

Iran's Foreign Policy

From Khatami to Ahmadinejad

From Iran under President Khatami and into the period of President Ahmadinejad, this timely collection of papers on Middle East Studies by leading...

Political Alienation in Libya

Assessing Citizens’ Political Attitude and Behaviour

How Gaddafi’s regime originally claimed its legitimacy in Libya, managed to stay in power for so long and how the people’s suffering had to lead...

The Sociology of Islam

Secularism, Economy and Politics

The contribution of Islam to world civilization is undeniable, however in the last one hundred years, Muslims have been faced with all the effects...