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    Modern Egypt: What Everyone Needs to Know

    Bruce Rutherford and Jeannie Sowers’s comprehensive and accessible book makes such a task perfectly achievable even for the inexperienced reader.  The book begins with...

    Corporate Islam: Sharia and the Modern Workplace

    This book discusses the trajectory and emplacement of sharia in the modern corporate workplace. The author examines Islam’s religious, moral, social, and gendered understandings as they...

    Arabs and Jews in Ottoman Palestine, Two Worlds Collide

    This book is extremely well written and well researched, although the title is somewhat misleading. The author maintains that a historical approach highlights that...

    China’s Global Identity: Considering the Responsibilities of Great Power

    Hoo Tiang Boon embarks on the first sustained study of China’s great power identity. The focus of the book is China’s positioning of itself...

    Fear: Trump in the White House

    Fear: Trump in the White House, written by Bob Woodward, is the latest contribution to a growing library of commentary on the early days...

    Living Sharia: Law and Practice in Malaysia

    In his book, Timothy P. Daniels examines the different streams of thought and worldviews regarding the practice of sharia in Malaysia, and how these...

    Faithful Encounters: Authorities and American Missionaries in the Ottoman Empire

    Emrah Şahin, in his book, Faithful Encounters: Authorities and American Missionaries in the Ottoman Empire, focuses on the American missionary activities through reviewing nearly...

    Mahathir’s Islam: Mahathir Mohamad on Religion and Modernity in Malaysia

    In his book, Mahathir’s Islam: Mahathir Mohamad on Religion and Modernity in Malaysia, Sven Schottmann provides a detailed analysis of Dr. Mahathir’s statements and...

    The Lighthouse and the Observatory: Islam, Science, and Empire in the Late Ottoman Egypt

    Daniel A. Stolz, in his book, The Lighthouse and the Observatory: Islam, Science, and Empire in the Late Ottoman Egypt, tells the interesting story...

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