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By Maxine Kaufman-Lacusta

Refusing to be Enemies: Palestinian and Israeli Nonviolent Resistance to the Israeli Occupation presents the voices of over 100 practitioners and theorists of nonviolence, the vast majority either Palestinian or Israeli, as they reflect on their own involvement in nonviolent resistance and speak about the nonviolent strategies and tactics employed by Palestinian and Israeli organizations, both separately and in joint initiatives.

By Sahar Hamouda

Once Upon a Time in Jerusalem tells the saga of a Palestinian family living in Jerusalem during the British mandate, and its fate in the diaspora following the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948. The real hero of the narrative, however, is the family home in Old Jerusalem, which was built in the 15th century and which still stands today.

By Reza Molavi

Reza Molavi explores the potential for the privatization of some of Iran’s national institutions, in particular whether there is the political will to privatize the Iranian oil and gas industry.

By Hassan A. Barari

For decades, ideological discourses have dominated the Arab World. Inevitably this has had a profound impact on the mindset of many Arab scholars. In this book, Hassan A. Barari critically assesses the status of Israeli Studies in the Arab World.

By Henry Maundrell

On Friday 26 February, 1697, the Reverend Henry Maundrell rode out of the city of Aleppo in present-day Syria to begin what would become an 83-day Easter pilgrimage to Jerusalem. His journey was to inspire the eventual publication of this small book of lasting importance, A Journey From Aleppo to Jerusalem At Easter A.D. 1697, which remains today one of the classics of early travel writing.