Books

'Beirut Fragments' captures the horror Israel keeps inflicting on Lebanon

Jean Said Makdisi's reissued memoir recounts bombardment, siege and civilian resistance in scenes painfully familiar from Gaza and Israel's renewed assault on Lebanon

Towards Palestinian Liberation: How resistance travels across borders

America's Middle East: How Washington brought ruin to the region

Every Moment Is a Life: A Gaza anthology curated by Susan Abulhawa is a tour de force

Counterrevolution in Egypt: How Sisi broke the dream of a new republic

The Foundations of Zionism: An epic work of Palestinian scholarship now available in English

Hebrew Orientalism: How Jewish scholarship on the Arab world helped colonise Palestine

Douglas Murray on Israel and Gaza: Spinning a bestseller from his own ‘bullshit’

Revolutionary Warfare: How France lost Algeria but developed a new kind of social war

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Salman Rushdie is echoing Israeli talking points to justify the horrors in Gaza

Gabriel Polley

Salman Rushdie says free Palestinian state would be 'Taliban-like'

Fall of Civilizations: The histories of greatness and ruin that mirror modern decay

Israel's genocide in Gaza

'Deluge' sweeps away western myths about Gaza, Hamas and Israel in essential collection

Richard Sanders

Namesake: Reflections on Nusaiba, a warrior woman of early Islam

'Seeing for Ourselves': A call for inner reflection while tackling injustice

Asim Qureshi

On Muslim Democracy: The evolution of Rached Ghannouchi’s political and theological ideas

Turkish novelist Elif Shafak ordered to pay damages over plagiarism

Making sense of the war on Gaza: Nine reads to help you understand the Palestinian plight

Etaf Rum’s new novel 'Evil Eye' tackles trauma, patriarchy and white feminism

These Olive Trees: A stunning children's book about land and loss in Palestine

Orientalism at 45: Why Edward Said's seminal book still matters

Lorenzo Forlani