Books

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

In his latest book, Egyptian writer Hossam el-Hamalawy explores how the collapse of the Mubarak government gave way to a new style of dictatorship

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

In the shadow of the live feed: Avi Shlaim’s ‘Genocide in Gaza’

How exiled Ottomans and an Indian billionaire plotted to recreate the caliphate

Hyper-Zionism: How Israel became Germany's 'reason' for being

The New Byzantines: An exploration of Greece's Middle East ties

The Future of the Occupation: What now for Palestine after Gaza?

Orientalism, exoticism, deception: The story of the Arabian Nights

Turkish book publishers pushed to the brink by lira crisis

Five of the best Arab comic and graphic novel releases of 2021

Anybody who has visited Palestine could not fail to support Sally Rooney

Alexandra Pringle

2021's best books: MEE staff and writers' favourite reads of the year

The booksellers of Cairo: An urban trail of eight of the city's antiquarian bookstores

How Diwan bookstores created an inclusive and enduring model of bookselling in Egypt

As Abdulrazak Gurnah's publisher, I thought Nobel winner's moment might have gone

Alexandra Pringle

Duse Mohamed Ali: Fleet Street's first Black Muslim editor, with an international vision

Dune: How interstellar epic avoids Middle East stereotypes

Arab Fairy Tale Feasts: Stories and recipes for the hungry young reader

Between Two Islands: How British Bahrainis found a home in poetry