ko - Middle East 1

Der Nahe Osten heißt so, weil er Europa geographisch besonders nahe ist, aber auch historisch und kulturell. Jakob Krais erzählt die Geschichte der Region zwischen Marokko und dem Irak von der Zeit ……続きを見る

For a large number of people, the Middle East has become more than just a place for shopping and ascending the Burj Khalifa. Expats are coming to live and work here. Yet all these people encounter a……続きを見る

Die arabische Welt ist mehr als die Summe der Länder, in denen überwiegend Arabisch gesprochen wird. Seit der Expansion des Islams bildet sie einen religiösen und kulturellen Resonanzraum mit immer ……続きを見る

Régis Koetschet, ambassadeur de France à Kaboul de 2005 à 2008, tient dans la revue Les Nouvelles d’Afghanistan une rubrique intitulée « Un thé vert avec ». Des personnalités diverses – écrivains, a……続きを見る

L’obscurité est retombée sur le pays des seigneurs d’Aryana. La brutalité et l’ordre implacables des taleban sont désormais le lot quotidien des Afghans et surtout des Afghanes. Et pourtant ! Commen……続きを見る

Praise for Esmahan Aykol: "Kati could be the love child of Miss Marple and NPR's Andrei Codrescu. It doesn't matter who done it. What matters is that Aykol uses the genre to tell us more about the w……続きを見る

The Street Philosopher and the Holy Fool chronicles a series of friendships and conversations pursued over ten years with an erratic cast of Syrians that includes Abed, the unemployable 'street phil……続きを見る

There are some who say that the world is a dangerous place, a place where a lone traveler, especially a woman, should fear to tread. But for Michaela, fear is not a concept she is familiar with. She……続きを見る

Was als Backpacking-Trip in Istanbul beginnt, wandelt sich zur Abenteuerreise durch den Orient: Vier Monate lang reiste Florian Müller durch den Nahen und Mittleren Osten, schlich sich in den Iran e……続きを見る

Marius Kociejowski follows up his now classic The Street Philosopher and the Holy Fool with The Pigeon Wars of Damascus. A metaphysical journalist in search of echoes rather than analogies, hints as……続きを見る

The eyes of the world are on Iran, from nuclear issues to women's rights to Iran's perspective on Palestine. Yet a strictly political view does not allow for an accurate or complete outlook on this ……続きを見る

From Michael Korda, author of the New York Times bestselling Eisenhower biography Ike and the captivating Battle of Britain book With Wings Like Eagles, comes the critically-acclaimed definitive bio……続きを見る

This book deals comprehensively with different aspects of collective victimhood in contemporary Israel, but also with the wider implications of this important concept for many other societies, inclu……続きを見る

Winner of the 2019 Dr. Sona Aronian Book Prize for Excellence in Armenian Studies (NAASR) From the tenth to the thirteenth centuries, the city of Ani was the jewel of the Armenian kingdom, renowned ……続きを見る

A thoughtful look at the divided island of Cyprus and its people, written by a visiting Fulbright scholar. This travel memoir covers numerous visits to Cyprus between 2005 and 2013, where the author……続きを見る

★★★ A journey that expects the unexpected ★★★ Charlie wasn't interested in following the status quo life trajectory that was expected of him. A spoon-fed kid of the 60s, he was not. As young as seve……続きを見る