Middle East

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From The 2011 Distemper From: Washington's Long War on Syria View Baraka Books	There are three views on the origins of the 2011 uprising in Syria whose wide circulation is inversely proportional to the degree to which the views have been critically examined. All are highly …	Stephen Gowans	28	2017	$2.80 Add
From NEW! The Arab World as Seen From Canada From: Identifying as Arab in Canada View Fernwood Publishing	The third chapter begins the second period of the authors study period, from 1930 to 1950, the period of establishment. Collective organizing began in 1930. This happened through English language …	Houda Asal	28	2020	$2.80 Add
From The Ba’athists’ Islamic Ally From: Washington's Long War on Syria View Baraka Books	There were two officially recognized Islamic states in the Middle East which played key roles in the conflict in Syria. One, Saudi Arabia, an important regional satellite of the United States, …	Stephen Gowans	10	2017	$1.00 Add
From The Den of Arabism From: Washington's Long War on Syria View Baraka Books	The constitution of the Ba’ath Party made a proclamation in its very first line which Washington could have only regarded with deep hostility: “The Arabs are one nation which has its …	Stephen Gowans	55	2017	$5.50 Add
From The Dictionary of Homophobia: M Publisher's note, Preface to the Original Edition, Editor's Preface To the English-Language Edition, Introduction, The Anti-Anthology, Table of Entries, Contributors From: The Dictionary of Homophobia View Arsenal Pulp Press	Maghreb (Christelle Hamel); Marriage (Eric Fassin); McCarthy, Joseph (Pierre-Olivier de Busscher); Media (Pierre Albertini); Medicine (Pierre-Olivier de Busscher); Medicine, Legal (Pierre-Olivier …	Louis-Georges Tin; Marek Redburn	49	2008	$1.96 Add
From The Homeland is Where None of This Can Happen From: Pay No Heed to the Rockets View Collection: Witnesses to Global Conflict: Canadian Authors' Accounts Goose Lane Editions	This chapter describes the experiences of Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish from the 1940s to the present.	Marcello Di Cintio	25	2018	$2.50 Add
From The Knowledge of Suffering From: In Search of a Better World View House of Anansi Press	In this reading, human rights lawyer Payam Akhavan begins by recounting his own experiences coming to Canada from Iran as a result of the upheval of the 1970s. He interweaves personal …	Payam Akhavan	76	2017	$9.12 Add
From The Myth of the Modernate Rebel From: Washington's Long War on Syria View Baraka Books	When the Daraa riot broke out in mid-March, 2011, two armed Islamist groups, which would play a lead role in the war against the Syrian government, Jabhat al-Nusra and Ahrar al-Sham, had already …	Stephen Gowans	26	2017	$2.60 Add
From The Oneness of Humankind From: In Search of a Better World View House of Anansi Press	In this reading, human rights lawyer Payam Akhavan discusses the efforts of people to come together and fight human rights abuses. The chapter includes a discussion of human rights in Afghanistan …	Payam Akhavan	70	2017	$8.40 Add
From NEW! The Struggle Against Anti-Asiatic Migration Laws From: Identifying as Arab in Canada View Fernwood Publishing	In chapter four, The Struggle Against Anti-Asiatic Migration Laws, the author first details the efforts by the Syrian community in Canada to remove Syrians from the Asiatic category of migrants. …	Houda Asal	20	2020	$2.00 Add
From To Breathe Life Into a Name From: Pay No Heed to the Rockets View Goose Lane Editions	In this chapter, the author travels to Jerusalem and meets with several writers and poets living in the divided city. He explores what the city means to the Palestinian people through their writing.	Marcello Di Cintio	34	2018	$3.40 Add
From Wall Street’s Empire From: Washington's Long War on Syria View Baraka Books	The United States has an empire, even if it’s not often called one. More often, the U.S. Empire is widely referred to by various euphemisms, anodyne terms which make the unacceptable appear …	Stephen Gowans	20	2017	$2.00 Add
Washington’s Long War on Syria Baraka Books	When President Barack Obama demanded formally in the summer of 2011 that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad step down, it was not the first time Washington had sought regime change in Damascus. The …	Stephen Gowans	280	2017	View
From Washington’s State Islamic Allies From: Washington's Long War on Syria View Baraka Books	Most people in the West remember the Arab Spring protests as touching the Arab republics—Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, and of course, Libya and Syria. They seldom remember, or know at all, that …	Stephen Gowans	15	2017	$1.50 Add
From Whenever My Sore Heart Gets Hungry The Quest for Land From: Pay No Heed to the Rockets View Goose Lane Editions	In this chapter, the author explores the evolution and current situation of the Palestinian poetry scene. He meets and talks to several poets living and working in Palestine.	Marcello Di Cintio	49	2018	$4.90 Add
From Zionism From: Israel, A Beachhead in the Middle East View bar	Chapter Two focuses on the roots of political Zionism. Since its creation by Theodor Herzl, Zionism has envisaged a return to an imagined glorious past. The distinguishing feature of political …	Stephen Gowans	11	2019	$1.10 Add