middle east

"This book provides detailed coverage of all of the key conflict-related developments since the Arab Spring, a seminal event that began in December 2010 and continues to have a major influence on events in the Middle East, North Africa, and beyond"--Provided by publisher.

"An American pilot crash lands in the desert and finds himself on the outskirts of the very camp he was supposed to bomb. After days spent wandering and hallucinating from dehydration, Major Ellie is rescued by one of the camp's residents, a teenager named Momo, whose entrepreneurial money-making schemes are failing as his family is falling apart. Momo sets out to search for his brother Ali, hoping his new Western acquaintances might be able to help find him. But as the truth of Ali's whereabouts begin to unfold, the effects of American 'aid' on this war-torn Muslim country are revealed to be increasingly pernicious"--OCLC.

Leon McCarron discusses his experiences walking through the Middle East.

The war against ISIS and the so-called caliphate it declared across Syria and Iraq was a battle to define not just the Middle East but the wider world. Growing from the aftermath of the U.S. war in Iraq and a brutal civil war in Syria, ISIS sought to usher in a new era of conflict as it launched terrorist attacks across Europe, while inflicting a savage extremism on the population in controlled.

A collection of stories that share the adventures and misadventures of Mulla Nassruddin, an eccentric, legendary character in the Islamic world.

A retelling of the tale of a poor woodcutter who discovers the secret hiding place of a band of robbers. Presented in English and Somali.

Photographs by the White House photographer help to tell the story of how the U.S. defeated Osama bin Laden.

A collection of five stories portraying Arab life in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, and Iraq today.

Contains 189 essays that provide a variety of perspectives on topics and themes related to the development of the diverse cultures of the ancient Near East, focusing primarily on the areas of Egypt, Syro-Palestine, Mesopotamia, and Anatolia, and covering a period ranging from the Early Bronze Age to 325 BCE.