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New Titles

The Economy of the Gulf States by Matthew Gray
Call Number: (RH) Stacks HC415.3 .G73 2019

Newcastle upon Tyne : Agenda Publishing Limited, 2019
Environmental Politics in the Middle East : Local Struggles, Global Connections by Harry Verhoeven (Editor)
Call Number: (RH) Stacks GE190.M628 E68 2018

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2018] Publication
Life Lived in Relief : Humanitarian Predicaments and Palestinian Refugee Politics by Ilana Feldman
Call Number: (RH) Stacks HV640.5.P36 F45 2018

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
The New Arab Urban : Gulf Cities of Wealth, Ambition, and Distress by Harvey Molotch (Editor); Davide Ponzini (Editor)
Call Number: (RH) Stacks HT147.P35 N47 2019

New York : New York University Press, [2019]
The Oxford Illustrated History of the Holy Land by H. G. M. Williamson (Editor); Robert G. Hoyland (Editor)
Call Number: (RH) Stacks DS117 .O94 2018

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, [2018]

Introduction

Welcome to the LibGuide for MIDDLE EAST STUDIES

This Research Guide includes selected sources which pertain to the history, culture, geography, and politics of the diverse groups of people who reside (or who have historically resided) in the Middle East.

Resources have been selected which pertain to the primary Middle East Countries, as well as countries from other regions that are frequently grouped with the Middle East countries. Below is a list of countries linked to the corresponding CIA World Factbook country profile. For profiles from other sources, click on the Political Surveys tab.

Primary Middle East Countries

Bahrain - Gaza Strip - Iran - Iraq - Israel - Jordan - Kuwait - Lebanon - Oman - Palestine - Qatar - Saudi Arabia - Syria - United Arab Emirates - West Bank - Yemen

Related Countries (by Region)

African Countries : Egypt, Libya
Eurasian Countries : Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, Cyprus
South Asian Countries : Afghanistan, Pakistan
Central Asian Countries : Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan

Alternate Regional Grouping of Countries:

Gulf : Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Levant : Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Turkey
North Africa : Algeria, Djibouti, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, Western Sahara
Western Asia : Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Uzbekistan

Map of the Middle East

Source: CIA Maps Collection, web

ISIS or ISIL

The Caliphate at War : Operational Realities and Innovations of the Islamic State by Ahmed S. Hashim
Call Number: (RH) Stacks HV6433.I722 H375 2018

New York : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Isis : A History by Fawaz A. Gerges
Call Number: (RH) Stacks HV6433 .I722 G47 2016

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2016]
Isis : The Essential Reference Guide by Brian L. Steed
Call Number: (RH) Ref HV6433.I722 I8555 2019

Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, [2019]
The Rise of Islamic State by Patrick Cockburn
Call Number: (LC, RH) Stacks HV6433.I722 C64 2015

London ; New York : Verso, [2015]

The essential 'on the ground' report on the fastest-growing new threat in the Middle East from the Winner of the 2014 Foreign Affairs Journalist of The Year Award