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In 1896, a Jewish state was a pipe dream. Today the overwhelming majority of Jews identify as Zionists. How did this happen? Ilan Pappe unveils how a lobby changed the map of the Middle East. Zionists exerted pressure on the Congress, cracked down on dissent in the Labour Party, and relentlessly smeared critics.

"The Lord is my shepherd." Thus begins the most beloved of all Psalms - and thus begins a thousand-year journey through the Bible. Prophets, apostles, and Jesus himself took up this image from David, reshaping it, developing it, and applying it to their own situations and needs.

Kenntnisreich und vor Ort recherchiert: Wer den Nahost-Konflikt verstehen will, muss die Geschichte der Israelis und Palästinenser kennen–und den Menschen zuhören, die sie erlebt haben. Martin Schäuble hat über viele Jahre mit Israelis und Palästinensern gesprochen. Sie berichten von einem Leben im Ausnahmezustand, von langen, erbitterten Kämpfen. Was sie aus dem Alltag erzählen, macht überdeutlich, dass es nicht die eine gültige Wahrheit gibt. Und der andauernde Konflikt keinen Raum mehr lässt, die Stimmen der anderen Seite zu hören.

هل كان اغتيال بطرس باشا غالي لأسباب دينية، حيث كان قبطياً يرأس حكومة في دولة كان دينها الأول الإسلام، أم كان لأسباب سياسية بحتة؟

"فعل إيمانٍ بلبنانَ موطنِ الإِنسان الأَوّل"، وفعلَ وفاءٍ لـــ"بيبلوس أُمِّ الأَبجدية التي هي أَهمُّ إِبداعٍ حضاري في تاريخ البشرية"، كما وصفَها فيليپ حتّي في كتابه "تاريخ سوريا ولبنان وفلسطين" وزاد أَنّ "أَبجدية بيبلوس أَعظمُ منحةٍ أَنعَمَت بها على العالم الحضارةُ الفينيقية".

Certain dates have entered the lexicon of popular understanding, becoming symbols that encompass complex stories, emotions, and understanding. Nowhere is that more true than in 9/11. These three simple digits represent a series of terror attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001, that left more than three thousand people dead, destroyed the best-known landmarks in New York City, and caused a wave of outrage across the world.

لقد كنت أفكر في الأمر بطريقة جديدة تمامًا، فقد اعتدنا أن نناقش مشكلة مصر أو المصريين وكأنها شيء غريب ومجرد. نتحدث عن مصر وكأنها شيء آخر غير البلد الذي نعيش فيه ونملكه ونتحمل مسؤوليته.

يشتمل هذا الكتاب على النص الحرفي للمقالات السبع التي نشرها إدريس في "جريدة القبس" الكويتية وصحف أخرى خارج مصر. وكتب إدريس افتتاحية لهذا الكتاب بعنوان "البحث عن الحقيقة" كمقدمة لا غنى عنها لفهم الظروف والجو النفسي المرعب الذي قـُصد به إرهاب قارئ هذه المقالات مثلما قـُصد به إرهاب كاتبها وكذلك إرهاب أي كاتب آخر. وموضوع هذه المقالات هو إبرام الرئيس السادات معاهدة كامب ديفيد مع إسرائيل.

هذا الكتاب يتحدث عن الأحداث في العصور الماضية من أمور دينية وعقائدية والعادات والتقاليد المتبعة في العصور الماضية غير المذكوره في معظم الكتب المتحدثة عن التاريخ ويحمل الكتاب معلومات وافرة وقيمة جداً عن التاريخ المصري، وما يتعلق به من تاريخ الشعوب المحيطة، فقد اهتم المؤلف في كتابه بدراسة

"عودة الوعي" هي ليست مذكرات توفيق الحكيم مع الثورة وإنما هي مذكرات الثورة ذات نفسها.

يتحدث الخميسي فى كتابه "تاكسى المشاوير" عن مصر والمجتمع المصري فالكتاب عبارة يوميات تصف هموم وأحلام وذكريات ملايين المصريين في شخصياتهم وأدوارهم المختلفة في القاهرة..

More than a decade ago, the historian Tony Judt considered whether the behavior of Israel was becoming not only "bad for Israel itself" but also, on a wider scale, "bad for the Jews." Under the leadership of Benjamin Netanyahu, this issue has grown ever more urgent. In The State of Israel vs. the Jews, veteran journalist Sylvain Cypel addresses it in depth, exploring Israel's rightward shift on the international scene and with regard to the diaspora.

Uncovering compelling new evidence, Egyptologist Robert Bauval and astrophysicist Thomas Brophy present the anthropological, climatological, archaeological, geological, and genetic research supporting a hugely debated theory of the Black African origin of Egyptian civilization. Building upon extensive studies from the past four decades and their own archaeoastronomical and hieroglyphic research, the authors show how the early Black culture known as the Cattle People not only domesticated cattle but were also an advanced civilization.

Acclaimed Israeli intelligence analyst Avi Melamed has spent more than 30 years interpreting Middle East affairs. His long-awaited Inside the Middle East challenges widely accepted perceptions and provides a gripping and uniquely enlightening guide to make sense of the events unfolding in the region. Melamed considers all the major power players in the Middle East, explains the underlying issues, and creates a three-dimensional picture, an illustration that connects the dots and provides a fascinating road map.

At the age of only 36, Sir Mark Sykes was signatory to the Sykes-Picot agreement, one of the most reviled treaties of modern times. A century later, Christopher Sykes' lively biography of his grandfather reassesses his life and work - and the political instability and violence in the Middle East attributed to it.

The Jewish people are one of the oldest living people groups on the planet. The Jews lived alongside the ancient Egyptians, Babylonians, Phoenicians, and Sumerians - all of whom have since disappeared from the pages of history. Yet the Jews still remain. Despite all of the odds, Jewish culture, language, laws, and religion have remained intact over the course of thousands of years.

Israel and Palestine: The Complete History seeks to explain the overall story of Israeli and Palestinian tensions and divisions in the region. Indeed, without properly understanding the full history of the area, it is impossible to understand the current situation. In this book, author Ian Carroll takes the listener back to the very beginning of the conflict some 4,000 years ago, then moves through the major events of the Middle Ages and 20th century, and brings us right up to the present day, documenting the significant events that have happened along the way.

On 26th November 1922, Howard Carter first peered into the newly opened tomb of an ancient Egyptian boy-king. When asked if he could see anything, he replied: ‘Yes, yes, wonderful things.' In Tutankhamun’s Trumpet, acclaimed Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson takes a unique approach to that tomb and its contents. Instead of concentrating on the oft-told story of the discovery, or speculating on the brief life and politically fractious reign of the boy king, Wilkinson takes the objects buried with him as the source material for a wide-ranging, detailed portrait of ancient Egypt.

Clarissa Ward is a world-renowned conflict reporter. In this strange age of crisis where there really is no front line, she has moved from one hot zone to the next. With multiple assignments in Syria, Egypt, and Afghanistan, Ward, who speaks seven languages, has been based in Baghdad, Beirut, Beijing, and Moscow. She has seen and documented the violent remaking of the world at close range. With her deep empathy, Ward finds a way to tell the hardest stories. On All Fronts is the riveting account of Ward’s singular career and of journalism in this age of extremism.

1983: the United States Marine Corps experiences its greatest single-day loss of life since the Battle of Iwo Jima, when a truck packed with explosives crashes into their headquarters and barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. This horrifying terrorist attack, which killed 241 servicemen, continues to influence US foreign policy and haunts the Marine Corps to this day. Now, the full story is revealed as never before by Jack Carr and historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist James M. Scott.