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General
Abouzeid, Leila. YEAR OF THE ELEPHANT; A MOROCCAN WOMAN'S JOURNEY TOWARD INDEPENDENCE AND OTHER STORIES. University of Texas, 1989.
ARAB NONVIOLENT POLITICAL STRUGGLE: PROSPECTS FOR THE MIDDLE EAST. Edited by Ralph Crow, et al. Examines many cases of Arab nonviolence seeking to correct stereotypical image of Arabs as violent people.
THE CAMBRIDGE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA. Cambridge University Pr., 1988. Reference Book.
Cleveland, Ray L. THE MIDDLE EAST AND SOUTH ASIA 1986. Washington, DC, Stryker-Post, 1986. Geography, history, culture and economy of each of the countries described. Revised annually.
Cooley, John K. UNHOLY WARS: AFGANISTAN, AMERICA AND INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM. Pluto, 2000.
Cragg, Kenneth. THE CALL OF THE MINARET. Orbis, 1985. Seminal work on Christian-Muslim relations originally published in 1956.
Cresson, Rebeccan Shannon. AMERICAN FAMILY IN AFGANISTAN: WHERE CAMEL cARAVANS SHARE ROUTES WITH MOTORBUSES...From an article in National Geographic, 1953. 15p.
Cresson, Rebeccan Shannon. GLIMPSES OF THE AFGAN PEOPLE. 2001. 33p., ill. Notes from her diary. The editor, Os Cresson, is a member of PYM, and lived with his family in Afganistan when he was 7-9 years old.
Fernea, Elizabeth and Robert. THE ARAB WORLD; PERSONAL ENCOUNTERS. Anchor/Doubleday, 1985. A series of reminiscences and vignettes about ordinary people. The authors lived in Middle Eastern countries for varying lengths of time between 1956 and 1983.
Goodwin, Jan. PRICE FO HONOR: MUSLIM WOMEN LIFT THE VEIL OF SILENCE ON THE ISLAMIC WORLD. New York: Plume, 1995. 363p.
Helms, Christine Moss. IRAQ; EASTERN FLANK OF THE ARAB WORLD. Brookings Institute, 1984. 215p. Study of Iraq's modern history and politics, intended to enlarge understanding of Iraqi behavior and the concerns that motivate its leaders.
Holland, Max. THE MILITARIZATION OF THE MIDDLE EAST. AFSC, 1984. Statistical analysis of arms build-up in the Middle East from 1970 to 1983.
Hourani, Albert. A HISTORY OF THE ARAB PEOPLES. Belknap, 1991. 551p. illus. maps. A panoramic view encompassing twelve centuries of Arab history and culture.
Jackson, Elmore. MIDDLE EAST MISSION: THE STORY OF A MAJOR BID FOR PEACE IN THE TIME OF NASSER AND BEN-GURION. NY, Norton, 1983. The author, then American Quaker representative to the U.N., describes his role as mediator between Egypt and Israel in the spring of 1955.
Lamb, David. THE ARABS: JOURNEYS BEYOND THE MIRAGE. NY, Random House, 1987.
Lewis, Bernard. THE MULTIPLE IDENTITIES OF THE MIDDLE EAST. New York, Schocken, 1998. 163p., maps.
Lewis, Bernard. WHAT WENT WRONG? WESTERN IMPACT AND MIDDLE EASTERN RESPONSE. Oxford University Press, 2002. 180p., ill.
Mortimer, Edward. FAITH AND POWER; THE POLITICS OF ISLAM. Vintage, 1982. Describes the different role of Islam in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Egypt, Iran, and the Soviet Union.
Mottahedeh, Roy. THE MANTLE OF THE PROPHET; RELIGION AND POLITICS IN IRAN. Pantheon, 1985. Tells the story of the education of a modern Iranian mullah and the history of Muslim Iran.
Peretz, Don. THE MIDDLE EAST TODAY. 5th ed., NY, Praeger, 1988. Comprehensive introduction to the history, politics and contemporary life of the Middle East.
Pipes, Daniel. IN THE PATH OF GOD; ISLAM AND POLITICAL POWER. Basic, 1983. The role of Islam in world politics.
Rashid, Ahmed. TALIBAN: MILITANT ISLAM, OIL, AND FUNDAMENTALISM IN CENTRAL ASIA. Yale University, 2001. 279p., maps.
Saadawi, Nawal El. THE HIDDEN FACE OF EVE; WOMEN IN THE ARAB WORLD. Beacon, 1980. Describes the appalling treatment of women in Arab countries today under legal, religious and cultural codes. Calls for worldwide abolition of class and patriarchal systems.
Seale, Patrick. ASAD OF SYRIA; THE STRUGGLE FOR THE MIDDLE EAST. Univ. of CA Pr., 1988. 552p. Biography of the Syrian president examines his effect on Middle East politics.
Thompson, Richard. KEEPING REALITY AT BAY: UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL SANCTIONS ON IRAQ: CORRESPONDENCE...WITH QUAKER PEACE AND SERVICE. Quaker Peace and Service, New Zealand, 2001.
Tillman, Seth P. THE UNITED STATES IN THE MIDDLE EAST: INTERESTS AND OBSTACLES. Bloomington, Indiana Pr., 1982. Analysis of U.S. efforts to synthesize four fundamental interests; access to oil, security of Israel, detente with the Soviet Union and adherence to such principles as the peaceful settlement of disputes and the right of peoples to self-determination.
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Benvenisti, Meron. THE WEST BANK DATA PROJECT: A SURVEY OF ISRAEL'S POLICIES. American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1984.
BEYOND OCCUPATION: AMERICAN JEWISH, CHRISTIAN, AND PALESTINIAN VOICES FOR PEACE. Beacon, 1990. 319p. Easays on theological and ethical aspects of Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Bornstein, Avram S. CROSSING THE GREEN LINE BETWEEN THE WEST BANK AND ISRAEL. University of Pennsylvania, 2002. 170p., ill.
Chacour, Elias. BLOOD BROTHERS. Zondervan, 1984. A Palestinian Christian's work for reconciliation between Jews and Arabs.
Chapman, Colin. WHOSE PROMISED LAND? Lion Pub. Co., 1983. Outlines the conflicting claims to the Holy Land from the time of the Bible. Discusses the relevance of biblical promises to modern times.
DEALING WITH CONFLICT: FROM CONFRONTATION TO COOPERATION. Edited by Dorothy Drake and Barbara Rustin. Seesions, 1999. 88p., ill. Stories of Arab and Israeli students at the school in Nev Shalom.
Friedman, Thomas L. FROM BEIRUT TO JERUSALEM. NY, Farrar, Straus, 1989. "A personal piece of scholarship on the intractable problem of Arabs and Jews in the Middle East," by an American journalist who spent ten years there.
Gopin, Marc. HOLY WAR: HOLY PEACE. Oxford University, 2002. 269p. The author, a skilled conflict resolution trainer who has already worked with Palestinian and Israeli groups,explores possible avenues for peace building and reconciliation,grounded in the three great Middle Eastern religious traditions.
Grossman, David. SLEEPING ON A WIRE: CONVERSATIONS WITH PALESTINIANS IN ISRAEL. Translated from Hebrew by Haim Watzman. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1993. 326p.
Grossman, David. THE YELLOW WIND. Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1988. Revelation of the Israeli-Arab tragedy from the point of view of the ordinary people living through it, written by an Israeli of passionate self-honesty, unafraid to ask terrible questions.
Halevi, Yossi Klein. AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE GARDEN OF EDEN: A JEW'S SEARCH FOR GOD WITH CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS IN THE HOLY LAND. William Morrow, 2001.
Hirst, David. THE GUN AND THE OLIVE BRANCH; THE ROOTS OF VIOLENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. Future, 1978. A history of the Middle Eastern conflict from the 1880's to the present.
Jones, Christina. THE UNTEMPERED WIND; FORTY YEARS IN PALESTINE. Longman, 1975. The experiences and perceptions of a Quaker couple who lived and taught school in Ramallah and who observed, over many years, the crushing of the ordinary people of Palestine.
Mendelsohn, Everett. A COMPASSIONATE PEACE; A FUTURE FOR ISRAEL, PALESTINE AND THE MIDDLE EAST. AFSC, 1982.
THE NEW INTIFADA: RESISTING ISRAEL"S APARTHEID. Edited by Roane Carey, with an introduction by Noam Chomsky.
Perlmutter, Amos. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MENACHEM BEGIN. Doubleday, 1987. Controversial career of Israel's prime minister from 1977 to 1983.
Rantisi, Audeh G. & Ralph K. Beebe. BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS. A PALESTINIAN CHRISTIAN IN THE OCCUPIED WEST BANK. Zondervan, 1990. 172p. photos.
Said, Edward W. AFTER THE LAST SKY; PALESTINIAN LIVES. Pantheon, 1985. A view of Palestinians through Palestinian eyes.
Said, Edward W. PEACE AND ITS DISCONTENTS: ESSAYS ON PALESTINE IN THE MIDDLE EAST PROCESS. Vintage, 1995.
Said, Edward W. THE QUESTION OF PALESTINE. Times Books, 1979. Addresses the question of Palestine and its historical background in terms of Palestine's interactions with Western civilization, primarily in the form of Zionism, Arab nationalism, and the experience of Palestine residents who confronted Zionism as displaced natives.
Schiff, Ze'ev. INTIFADA: THE PALESTINIAN UPRISING ó ISRAEL'S THIRD FRONT. Simon & Schuster, 1990.
Segev, Tom. 1949; THE FIRST ISRAELIS. Macmillan, 1986. The human side of Israel's first year as a sovereign state.
Shehadeh, Raja. STRANGERS IN THE HOUSE: COMING OF AGE IN OCCUPIED PALESTINE. Steerforth Press, 2002. 238p., ill.
Shipler, David K. ARAB AND JEW; WOUNDED SPIRITS IN A PROMISED LAND. Times Books, 1986. Explores the subjective bases of hostility and possible coexistence between Jews and Arabs living under Israeli control.
Thorpe, Merle, Jr. PRESCRIPTION FOR CONFLICT: ISRAEL'S WEST BANK SETTLEMENT POLICY. Washington Foundation for Middle East Peace, 1984.
Young, Ronald J. MISSED OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEACE: U.S. MIDDLE EAST POLICY, 1981-1986. AFSC, 1987.
The Gulf War
American Friends Service Committee. LESSONS ON THE GULF WAR. 1991. 28p. maps.
BEYOND THE STORM: A GULF CRISIS READER. Ed. by Phyllis Bennis and Michel Moushabeck. Olive Branch Pr., 1991. Offers a rare window into the realitites behind the Gulf War ó causes, underlying tensions, injustices, and the tragically ongoing aftermath.
King, John. THE GULF WAR. Dillon Press, 1991. 48p., illus. An English writer presents the causes, events and aftermath of the Persian Gulf conflict for young people.
Hawley, T.M. AGAINST THE FIRES OF HELL: THE ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER OF THE GULF WAR. Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1992. 208p.
Heikal, Mohamed. ILLUSIONS OF TRIUMPH: AN ARAB VIEW OF THE GULF WAR. Harper/Collins, 1993. 457p.
NEEDLESS DEATHS IN THE GULF WAR: CIVILIAN CASUALTIES DURING THE AIR CAMPAIGN AND VIOLATIONS OF THE LAWS OF WAR. Human Rights Watch, 1991. 402p.
PEACE IN THE GULF? WHAT IT TEACHES US ABOUT GLOBAL ISSUES, OURSELVES AND THE FUTURE OF PEACEMAKING. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting winter Conference, January 18, 1992. Various pagings.
PRESSING FOR PEACE: THE CHURCHES ACT IN THE GULF CRISIS. National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, 1991. 28p.
Smith, Jean Edward. GEORGE BUSH'S WAR. Holt, 1992. 325p.
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