Biography & History

My Nakba A Palestinian's Odyssey of Love and Hope

Midnight Tales A Woman's Journey through the Middle East

“In actual fact, the only thing that matters in life is love, yet the inquisitive mind must be fed a few facts… Look at Baghdad!” commands Rosina-Fawzia al-Rawi’s lively and imperious aunt Fatima,...

Making Mirrors Writing/Righting by and for Refugees

A poetry anthology that illuminates exile and displacement. Making Mirrors began on two continents, envisioned by Palestinian poet and aid worker, Jehan Bseiso, and Becky Thompson, a US-based poet...

It's Easier to Reach Heaven than the End of the Street A Jerusalem Memoir

A deeply affecting memoir and a unique contribution to our understanding of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. In August 2000 Emma Williams arrived with her three small children in Jerusalem to join...

In Jerusalem and Other Poems 1997-2018

Homes of the Heart A Book About Ramallah

Returning to his home town of Ramallah after long exile, the author is shocked to find the changes wrought, above all, by the Israeli occupation. An account—informative, lyrical and humorous by...

Fragments of Memory A Story of a Syrian Family

An autobiographical novel, set in the early 20th century, about the life of a boy born to a poor family in northern Syria. Fragments of Memory offers a picture of reality that is simple, direct, and...

Extraordinary Rendition American Writers on Palestine

Sixty-five writers contribute to a groundbreaking anthology on Palestine. This collection brings together the work of sixty-five prominent writers to examine America’s culpability in the denial of...

Dune Song

“I came to the Sahara to be buried.” After witnessing the collapse of the World Trade Center, Jeehan Nathaar leaves her New York life with her sense of identity fractured and her American dream...

Born in Jerusalem, Born Palestinian A Memoir

When Jacob Nammar was a young boy growing up in Harret al-Nammareh, his family, his friends, and the streets of his West Jerusalem neighborhood were the center of his life. It wasn’t long, however,...

A Balcony over the Fakihani

REISSUE The title story of Liyana Badr’s remarkable collection of three short novellas interweaves the narratives of three Palestinians, two women and one man, relating their successive uprootings:...

Writings on the Wall Palestinian Oral Histories

“[We express our] grave concern about the continuing construction, contrary to international law, by Israel of the wall inside the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in and around East...

The Birth of the Arab Citizen and the Changing Middle East

The widespread revolt that began with the Tunisian revolution of December 2010 and inspired uprisings in several Arab countries is arguably one of the most important events to take place in the...

The Arab Americans A History

Gregory Orfalea’s new and definitive work spans a century and a half of the life of Arab immigrants and their descendants in the United States. In The Arab Americans: A History, Orfalea has marshaled...

Shifting Sands The Unraveling of the Old Order in the Middle East

A fresh look at the Middle East today, tomorrow, and in the past: fifteen writers, with an introduction by Raja Shehadeh, author of the Orwell Prize-winning Palestinian Walks, and Penny Johnson. At a...

Out of Arabia Phoenicians, Arabs, and the Discovery of Europe

The first volume in a series that examines the spread of cultures from the East into Europe About the Author Warwick Ball is a Near Eastern ar

Jerusalem in History

The city of Jerusalem has a special place in the consciousness of the great monotheistic religions. Throughout its history it has been the site of glories and catastrophes; a place that has been...

Jerusalem Arab Social Life, Traditions, and Everyday Pleasures in the 20th Century

AN EXTREMELY VALUABLE GUIDE TO 20TH CENTURY ARAB LIFE IN JERUSALEM. Jerusalem is a city of unique grief, a city that has been the target of conquerors more than twenty times. Yet the city has managed...

When All the Lands Were Sea A Photographic Journey into the Lives of the Marsh Arabs of Iraq

Rare and visually stunning images of a lost world. This remarkable collection of photographs, captured by internationally acclaimed photojournalist Tor Eigeland in 1967, offers unprecedented insight...

The Oud- An Illustrated History

A beautifully-written illustrated history of one of the most important instruments in music cultures of the Middle East and North Africa. According to a literary tradition of Iraq, the origin of...