{"title":"History - Middle East - Arabian Peninsula","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"coming-of-age-how-technology-and-entrepreneurship-are-changing-the-face-of-mena-9781917523431","title":"Coming of Age: How Technology and Entrepreneurship are Changing the Face of MENA","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe coming-of-age stories of emerging entrepreneurial ecosystems outside of the US and Europe, like China, India and Brazil, are well documented. However, whilst having the largest young digital population on the planet, the rise of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has taken place largely unnoticed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a Foreword by Reid Hoffman, \u003cem\u003eComing of Age\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of the region's entrepreneurial growth in the last 25 years that spans industries as diverse as fintech, healthtech and agritech all of which have emerged out of the desert since the new millennium to produce global-leading transformative ventures, and leapfrogging technologies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing interviews with 35 founders from the region, \u003cem\u003eComing of Age\u003c\/em\u003e charts the MENA region's remarkable entrepreneurial journey to the point where it is set to challenge the global order and fully realize its potential to provide for the youngest population in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Noor Sweid\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Whitefox Publishing Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781917523431\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSweid, Noor:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Noor is the Founder and Managing Partner of Global Ventures, a leading venture capital firm based in the UAE, investing across the Middle East and Africa (currently deploying from Fund III). Prior to launching Global Ventures in 2018, Noor was the Chief Investment Officer at The Dubai Future Foundation. Before her tenure at DFF, she successfully scaled two companies. The first was Depa, initially her family business and ultimately the world's largest interior company, which she listed on the LSE and NASDAQ in April 2008 in a billion-dollar IPO. The second company was ZenYoga, the region's first yoga studio, which became the largest yoga and wellness chain, and which she exited to a PE firm in 2014.Noor is frequently featured as an authoritative voice on venture capital in the region by Bloomberg, CNN, and Forbes. She has appeared on the covers of Entrepreneur ME and Womenpreneur ME and has been cited by Forbes as one of the \"World's Top 50 Women in Tech\" and \"The Middle East's Top Venture Capitalists.\" She has also been recognized by Arabian Business as one of the \"Top 100 Most Influential Arab Women\" and is a judge on Shark Tank Dubai. She is an MIT Sloan 2005 alumni, Aspen Fellow, Kauffman Fellow and YGL. Noor is the author of the book, Coming of Age: How Technology and Entrepreneurship are Changing the Face of MENA, and is a strong advocate for founders in the region, helping them scale their businesses into global success stories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Noor Sweid \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47278803976349,"sku":"9781917523431","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_5780f86c-6a41-472f-a53a-ebed5f7399af.jpg?v=1759858250"},{"product_id":"saudi-arabia-a-modern-history-9780300258059","title":"Saudi Arabia: A Modern History","description":"\u003cb\u003eA major new history of Saudi Arabia, from its eighteenth-century origins to the present day\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Saudi Arabia is one of the wealthiest countries in the world, a major player on the international stage and the site of Islam's two holiest cities. It is also one of the world's only absolute monarchies. How did Saudi Arabia get to where it is today? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this comprehensive account, David Commins narrates the full history of Saudi Arabia from oasis emirate to present-day attempts to leap to a post-petroleum economy. Moving through the ages, Commins traces how the Saud dynasty's reliance on sectarianism, foreign expertise, and petroleum to stabilize power has unintentionally spawned secular and religious movements seeking accountability and justice. He incorporates the experiences of activists, women, religious minorities, Bedouin, and expatriate workers as the country transformed from subsistence agrarian life to urban consumer society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is a perceptive portrait of Saudi Arabia's complex and evolving story--and a country that is all too easily misunderstood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Commins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/29\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300258059\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Commins\u003c\/b\u003e is the Benjamin Rush Chair in the Liberal Arts and Sciences and professor of history at Dickinson College. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eIslam in Saudi Arabia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Gulf States\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Wahhabi Mission and Saudi Arabia\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"David Commins \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47283924926621,"sku":"9780300258059","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_83aababa-bf90-4065-907f-555dfc6bcc89.jpg?v=1759976189"},{"product_id":"the-monk-of-mokha-9781101971444","title":"The Monk of Mokha","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - \"A gripping, triumphant adventure\" (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e) from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Circle\u003c\/i\u003e--the incredible true story of a young Yemeni American man, raised in San Francisco, who dreams of resurrecting the ancient art of Yemeni coffee but finds himself trapped in Sana'a by civil war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMokhtar Alkhanshali is twenty-four and working as a doorman when he discovers the astonishing history of coffee and Yemen's central place in it. He leaves San Francisco and travels deep into his ancestral homeland to tour terraced farms high in the country's rugged mountains and meet beleaguered but determined farmers. But when war engulfs the country and Saudi bombs rain down, Mokhtar has to find a way out of Yemen without sacrificing his dreams or abandoning his people.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dave Eggers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/08\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781101971444\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDAVE EGGERS is the author of many books, among them \u003ci\u003eThe Circle, The Eyes and the Impossible, The Monk of Mokha, A Hologram for the King, What Is the What\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Museum of Rain\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the cofounder of 826 Valencia, a youth writing and tutoring center which has inspired dozens of similar nonprofit organizations around the world, and the founder of McSweeney's, an independent publisher. He has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award, and is the recipient of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award for Education, and the American Book Award.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Dave Eggers \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47286551675037,"sku":"9781101971444","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_013b5edf-60e2-494b-b1fb-e1516f914166.jpg?v=1760025343"},{"product_id":"seven-pillars-of-wisdom-a-triumph-9780385418959","title":"Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph","description":"In his classic book, T.E. Lawrence--forever known as Lawrence of Arabia--recounts his role in the origin of the modern Arab world. At first a shy Oxford scholar and archaeologist with a facility for languages, he joined and went on to lead the Arab revolt against the Ottoman Turks while the rest of the world was enmeshed in World War I. With its richly detailed evocation of the land and the people Lawrence passionately believed in, its incisive portraits of key players, from Faisal ibn Hussein, the future Hashemite king of Syria and Iraq, to General Sir Edmund Allenby and other members of the British imperial forces, \u003ci\u003eThe Seven Pillars of\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWisdom\u003c\/i\u003e is an indispensible primary historical source. It helps us to understand today's Middle East, while giving us thrilling accounts of military exploits (including the liberation of Aqaba and Damascus), clandestine activities, and human foibles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e T. E. Lawrence\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 784\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.05h x 5.22w x 1.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385418959\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eT. E. Lawrence\u003c\/b\u003e was born to the Seventh Baron of Westmeath. He studied at Jesus College, Oxford, where he became interested in the Middle East. He worked for British Intelligence during the First World War and fought with the Arab forces to defeat the Turks. His exploits earned him the title of Lawrence of Arabia back in Britain. He resigned in 1922 and sought anonymity in the RAF where he enlisted as John Hume Ross. He later changed his name by deed poll to T. E. Shaw. Shortly after retiring from the RAF, T. E. Lawrence died in a motorcycle accident on May 19, 1935.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"T. E. Lawrence \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47393019265181,"sku":"9780385418959","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_5c6baeec-4b65-45a5-904a-f8960f1cf67a.jpg?v=1762567569"},{"product_id":"rock-art-and-its-legacy-in-myth-and-art-petroglyphs-from-eurasia-arabia-and-northern-africa-9780755650446","title":"Rock Art and Its Legacy in Myth and Art: Petroglyphs from Eurasia, Arabia and Northern Africa","description":"\u003cp\u003eRock art is mankind's oldest artistic expression. The first creation of rock carvings (petroglyphs) and rock paintings (pictographs) by \u003ci\u003eHomo sapiens\u003c\/i\u003e represented on multiple counts a quantum leap in mental performance. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eRock Art and its Legacy in Myth and Art\u003c\/i\u003e Christoph Baumer tells the story of these remarkable creations of early human imagination in Eurasia, Arabia and the Sahara. Petroglyphs not only reflect societal and economic adaptations to climate changes but also encapsulate the worldviews, myths and rituals that prevailed for tens of thousands of years, and even down to the present. In a final chapter the artist Therese Weber describes the work of contemporary artists from different cultures who engage with rock art and introduces her own work which is inspired by her exploration of petroglyphs. Vividly illustrated throughout with 340 full colour images and 10 maps, this book is a celebration of the legacy of petroglyphs as a means of expression and of recording events and coded messages, as well as a source of inspiration for modern-day artists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christoph Baumer,Therese Weber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/13\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.55h x 9.66w x 1.59d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780755650446\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristoph Baumer \u003c\/b\u003eis a leading explorer and historian of Central Asia, Tibet and the Caucasus and the author of many well-received books in the fields of history, religion, archaeology and travel. These include, among others, \u003ci\u003eThe Church of the East: An Illustrated History of Assyrian Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e (2006), \u003ci\u003eTraces in the Desert: Journeys of Discovery across Central Asia\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), \u003ci\u003eChina's Holy Mountain: An Illustrated Journey into the Heart of Buddhism\u003c\/i\u003e (2011) and the seminal \u003ci\u003eHistory of Central Asia\u003c\/i\u003e in four volumes (2012-2018), all published by I.B.Tauris. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dr Baumer is President of the Society for the Exploration of EurAsia, Senior Research Fellow at the Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences, and a member of the Explorers' Club, New York, the Royal Asiatic Society, the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Society for Asian Affairs, London. He is a recipient of the prestigious Sir Percy Sykes Medal, awarded to him by the Royal Society for Asian Affairs in 2015.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eTherese Weber\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the most important protagonists of Paper Art. She weaves photography, drawing, object and performative actions into an innovative visual language. Expeditions to Central and Southeast Asia have shaped her artistic research focus over the past thirty years. Professor emerita Weber has been awarded art prizes in Germany and Japan.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Christoph Baumer \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47659142578333,"sku":"9780755650446","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_a450d056-151e-42a0-8623-da3852b40bec.jpg?v=1771351305"},{"product_id":"becoming-arab-the-formation-of-arab-identity-in-the-medieval-middle-east-9780691210636","title":"Becoming Arab: The Formation of Arab Identity in the Medieval Middle East","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow late medieval Middle Eastern peasants adopted Arab cultural identities and formed village clans\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuring the later Middle Ages, peasants in Egypt and Greater Syria came to view themselves as members of Arab clans that had originated in the Arabian Peninsula. They expressed their Arab identity by wearing Arab headgear, adopting an Arab dialect, and circulating a new genre of popular epic that told heroic tales of pre-Islamic Arabia. In \u003ci\u003eBecoming Arab\u003c\/i\u003e, Yossef Rapoport argues that this proliferation of Arab village clans did not come about through mass migration and displacement but reflected an internal transformation. Drawing on extensive documentary, literary, administrative, and material evidence, Rapoport shows that the widespread formation of Arab village clans in late medieval Egypt and Greater Syria was a gradual process, the result of mass rural conversion to Islam and a new landholding regime in which peasants shifted from being landowners to being tenants. After the eleventh century, Rapoport contends, Middle Eastern villagers were turning Arab. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese Arab village clans were not merely administrative regimes imposed from above; villagers enthusiastically embraced their new identities. New converts to Islam adopted Arab lineages to claim status and as a counter-identity to urban-based Turkish elites. Arab identity was used by clans to mobilize rural uprisings against the ruling sultans and to resolve disputes among villagers. Challenging traditional historiography of the Middle East, which views Arab clansmen as pastoralists whose identity separated them from that of the wider peasantry, Rapoport argues that the pervasive establishment of Arab village clans was the most important development in the history of the Middle Eastern countryside in the Islamic era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yossef Rapoport\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.20w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691210636\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYossef Rapoport \u003c\/b\u003eis professor of Islamic history at Queen Mary University of London. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eMarriage, Money and Divorce in Medieval Islamic Society\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eRural Economy and Tribal Society in Islamic Egypt\u003c\/i\u003e; and\u003ci\u003e Islamic Maps\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Yossef Rapoport \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47699002654877,"sku":"9780691210636","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_a55581a4-4a58-496c-a86e-778b5db06961.jpg?v=1772695409"},{"product_id":"the-prophet-of-mercy-how-muhammad-pbuh-rose-above-enmity-insult-9781847741721","title":"The Prophet of Mercy: How Muhammad (Pbuh) Rose Above Enmity Insult","description":"To delegitimize the Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم is to call into question the entire message. During his time, the Makkans called hima poet, a magician, and a madman, among other names. Today, he is insulted with other labels. The question of whether or not he sacrificed his principles in the pursuit of conveying his message successfully is one that requires an in-depth look\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mohammad Elshinawy,Omar Suleiman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kube Publishing Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/31\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.80w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781847741721\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eImam Omar Suleiman is the Founder and President of the Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research, and an Adjunct Professor of Islamic Studies in the Graduate Liberal Studies Program at SMU (Southern Methodist University). He is also the Resident Scholar at Valley Ranch Islamic Center and Co-Chair of Faith Forward Dallas at Thanks-Giving Square. He holds a Bachelors in Accounting, a Bachelors in Islamic Law, a Masters in Islamic Finance, a Masters in Political History, and is currently pursuing a Phd. in Islamic Thought and Civilization from the International Islamic University of Malaysia.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Mohammad Elshinawy \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47699065340061,"sku":"9781847741721","price":25.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_7a15d63e-dd76-4343-bc4b-2f6f9384f052.jpg?v=1772697401"},{"product_id":"shallow-blue-empire-a-history-of-pearl-diving-in-the-indian-ocean-1850-1930-9780674294141","title":"Shallow Blue Empire: A History of Pearl Diving in the Indian Ocean, 1850-1930","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA nuanced history of seafaring communities in the Indian Ocean, where the force of British imperial power depended on the expertise of local divers and sailors to feed a global demand for pearls.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the late nineteenth century, thousands of men and boys across the northern rim of the Indian Ocean dove daily to the ocean floor in search of pearl-bearing oysters. It was the height of the so-called global pearl boom, driven by enormous demand for pearls in Europe and North America. Far removed from the showrooms of New York, London, and Paris, these divers drew on skills and expertise handed down across generations to conduct the dangerous work of hauling oysters up from the warm shallows. But they also faced a new challenge: the rise of British power in the Indian Ocean, where colonial officials relied heavily on local knowledge and labor to feed the lucrative pearling industry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTamara Fernando examines the transformations wrought by colonial extraction across the three primary sites that fed the pearl boom between 1850 and 1930: the Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Mannar near Sri Lanka, and the Mergui Archipelago in Myanmar. British oversight transformed migration patterns and the dynamics of race and caste among divers, while imperial scientists regularly tested new technologies and techniques intended to improve oyster hauls. Yet even as the positions of local divers and sailors changed dramatically, their expertise remained paramount to the industry--until, in the 1930s, the depletion of oyster beds and the rise of lab-grown alternatives shuttered the market for natural pearls altogether. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA vivid account of how seafaring communities navigated these shifting tides, \u003ci\u003eShallow Blue Empire\u003c\/i\u003e fundamentally recenters the human labor, animal lives, and environmental conditions that sustained a global obsession with pearls.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tamara Surani Fernando\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674294141\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFernando, Tamara Surani:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Tamara Surani Fernando is Assistant Professor of History at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Tamara Surani Fernando \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48840871542941,"sku":"9780674294141","price":59.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_f384230c-dae3-4e4a-b0e9-cd4a9856a2d2.jpg?v=1787727379"},{"product_id":"the-arabs-a-history-9780465094219","title":"The Arabs: A History","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn International Bestseller * A \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEconomist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAtlantic \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eBest Book of the Year \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom a preeminent historian of the Middle East, the definitive history of the modern Arab world. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Outstanding, gripping, and exuberant.\" --Simon Sebag Montefiore, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinancial Times \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this definitive history of the modern Arab world, award-winning historian Eugene Rogan draws extensively on five centuries of Arab sources and texts to place the Arab experience in its crucial historical context. This landmark book covers the Arab world from North African through the Arabian Peninsula, exploring every facet of modern Arab history. Starting with the Ottoman conquests of the sixteenth century, Rogan follows the story of the Arabs through the era of European imperialism and the superpower rivalries of the Cold War to the present age of American hegemony, charting the evolution of Arab identity and the struggles for national sovereignty throughout. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRogan untangles recent geopolitical developments of the region to offer a groundbreaking and comprehensive account of the Middle East. \u003ci\u003eThe Arabs\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the modern Arab world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eugene Rogan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/07\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 608\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780465094219\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEugene Rogan\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of modern Middle Eastern history at the University of Oxford and the director of the Middle East Centre at St. Antony's College, Oxford. The author of numerous books, including\u003ci\u003e The Damascus Events \u003c\/i\u003eand the internationally bestselling\u003ci\u003e The Fall of the Ottomans\u003c\/i\u003e, Rogan is the recipient of the Albert Hourani prize. He lives in Oxford, England.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Eugene Rogan \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48867617341597,"sku":"9780465094219","price":29.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_c096e13d-46a5-45ce-b923-bfc75d8a1cfd.jpg?v=1788336510"},{"product_id":"why-history-matters-reviving-faith-through-the-lens-of-history-9786255888792","title":"Why History Matters?: Reviving Faith Through the Lens of History","description":"\u003cp\u003eCan history serve as a source of meaning, belonging, and direction for Muslims today?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this timely and accessible work, Dr Yakoob Ahmed presents a compelling case for reviving historical consciousness as both an intellectual and spiritual imperative. Drawing from the Qur'an, Sīrah, and the Islamic tradition, he explores how history nurtures īmān, informs ethical knowledge production, and cultivates a living connection to the ummah across time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEngaging themes from theology and civilisation to imagination and storytelling, Why History Matters? addresses the challenges Muslims face in approaching the past, while offering a methodology rooted in tradition and open to academic insight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA vital resource for students, educators, and readers seeking to reconnect the past with the present--and envision a future shaped by principled understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yakoob Ahmed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ketebe Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.30w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9786255888792\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDr. Yakoob Ahmed, PhD (SOAS), is an independent researcher of late Ottoman intellectual history, Islamic constitutionalism, and nationalism. Formerly at Istanbul University and Tokyo, he appears on The Thinking Muslim Podcast, including \"Ottoman Decline \u0026amp; Muslim Collective Amnesia.\"\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Yakoob Ahmed \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48867695722653,"sku":"9786255888792","price":22.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_db39442c-21c3-4876-946f-01933429132f.jpg?v=1788337279"},{"product_id":"seven-pillars-of-wisdom-a-triumph-9781607960621","title":"Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeven Pillars of Wisdom encompasses an account of the Arab Revolt against the Turks during the First World War alongside general Middle Eastern and military history, politics, adventure and drama.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e T. E. Lawrence,Thomas Edward Lawrence\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e www.bnpublishing.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/05\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 490\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 1.06d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781607960621","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"T. E. Lawrence \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48910077886621,"sku":"9781607960621","price":53.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_d3adb6c6-363e-4112-9a6f-7cf93f13c51c.jpg?v=1789455804"},{"product_id":"showpiece-city-how-architecture-made-dubai-9781503609884","title":"Showpiece City: How Architecture Made Dubai","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStaggering skylines and boastful architecture make Dubai famous--this book traces them back to a twentieth-century plan for survival.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 1959, experts agreed that if Dubai was to become something more than an unruly port, a plan was needed. Specifically, a town plan was prescribed to fortify the city from obscurity and disorder. With the proverbial handshake, Dubai's ruler hired British architect John Harris to design Dubai's strategy for capturing the world's attention--and then its investments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eShowpiece City\u003c\/i\u003e recounts the story of how Harris and other hired professionals planned Dubai's spectacular transformation through the 1970s. Drawing on exclusive interviews, private archives, dog-eared photographs, and previously overlooked government documents, Todd Reisz reveals the braggadocio and persistence that sold Dubai as a profitable business plan. Architecture made that plan something to behold. Reisz highlights initial architectural achievements--including the city's first hospital, national bank, and skyscraper--designed as showpieces to proclaim Dubai's place on the world stage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReisz explores the overlooked history of a skyline that did not simply rise from the sands. In the city's earliest modern architecture, he finds the foundations of an urban survival strategy of debt-wielding brinkmanship and constant pitch making. Dubai became a testing ground for the global city--and prefigured how urbanization now happens everywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Todd Reisz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/27\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.00w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781503609884\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTodd Reisz\u003c\/b\u003e lives in Amsterdam and is an architect and writer. His work has been featured in \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArchitectural Design\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eArtforum\u003c\/i\u003e. He has taught architectural and urban design at Yale University and Harvard University.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Todd Reisz \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":67729108402333,"sku":"9781503609884","price":38.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_3314a727-128d-4dc2-9fb0-cf6a6ce3ac31.jpg?v=1792580081"}],"url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/collections\/history-middle-east-arabian-peninsula.oembed","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}