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?

Egypt bans ‘extremist’ and Muslim Brotherhood literature in mosque libraries

Fire and the Phoenix asks us to rethink the roles of religion, clan and power

Khalid Hajji

From Babel to Berlin: How Arabic literature can unite the world

Learn to read and write in Nubian

James Baker: The man who said No to Israel

Jonathan Steele

Poets, fighters and dreamers: Kurdish women tell their own stories

How Beirut's bookshops kept love of literature alive during war, boom and bust

'Hot Maroc': Yassin Adnan's satirical debut novel plots the death of Moroccan politics

Review: Reclaiming Syrian prison literature

17 new books by Palestinian writers that are worth reading

Israel-Palestine: 11 books to read on the history of the conflict

Palestine: A socialist introduction to the liberation struggle

Sai Englert