Middle East, Central Asia and Islamica – April 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|July 22, 2013|Middle East, Central Asia and Islamica|0 comments

Middle East Living in historic Cairo : past and present in an Islamic city / edited by Farhad Daftary, Elizabeth Fernea and Azim Nanji. The social dimension of Christian missions in the Middle East : historical studies of the 19th and 20th centuries / edited by Norbert Friedrich, Uwe Kaminsky, Roland Löffler. Visual productions of knowledge : toward a different Middle East / edited by Hanan Sabea, Mark R. Westmoreland

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History – March 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|April 4, 2013|History|0 comments

Return of a king: the battle for Afghanistan / William Dalrymple. The world of late antiquity: from Marcus Aurelius to Muhammad / Peter Brown Orientalism and war / Tarak Barkawi and Keith Stanski, editors Nature and empire in Ottoman Egypt: an environmental history / Alan Mikhail The colours of the empire: racialized representations during Portuguese colonialism / Patricia Ferraz de Matos ; translated by ; Mark Ayton. Heritage under siege:

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