Amin Maalouf
Author
Publisher
Schocken Books
Publication Date
1985.
Language
English
Description
Retraces two critical centuries of Middle Eastern history, presents an intriguing chronicle of the Crusades, and offers insights into the forces that shape Arab and Islamic consciousness today.
"European and Arab versions of the Crusades have little in common. What the West remembers as an epic effort to reconquer the Holy Land in portrayed here as a brutal, destructive unprovoked invasion by Barbarian hordes. When, under Saladin, a powerful Muslim...
Author
Publisher
World Editions
Publication Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Adam returns home to the Middle East, after living in exile in France for twenty-five years, when he learns his close friend Maourad is dying. He finds his childhood friends have taken different paths, and some now have blood on their hands."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
World Editions
Publication Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The bestselling author of The Crusades Through Arab Eyes traces how civilizations have drifted apart throughout the 20th century and now lack the solidarity to address global threats to humankind. The United States is on the verge of losing all moral credibility. The European Union is in the process of breaking apart. The Arab world is embroiled in crisis. Thus divided and lacking solidarity, humanity is unable to address global threats to the environment...
Author
Publisher
World Editions
Publication Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Alec, a press artist with an impressive track record, settles on a remote island in the Atlantic Ocean. He has little contact with his neighbor, a solitary woman who wrote a cult book years ago, before withdrawing from public life. That is, until a gigantic power failure cuts them off from the rest of the world, and all of a sudden they find themselves dependent on each other. The world appears to be on the brink of nuclear war and the collapse of...
Author
Series
Publisher
Interlink Books
Publication Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
The life of Omar Khayyam, the 11th Century Persian poet who wrote The Rubaiyaat, chronicling his adventures and romances. The novel is in two parts, the second describing the manner in which the manuscript reached the West.