Journalism in Iran

From Mission to Profession

By Hossein Shahidi

February 2010 | Paperback: 978-0-415-58316-9 (Routledge)

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Media, Culture and Society in Iran

Living with Globalization and the Islamic State

Edited by Mehdi Semati

By exploring topics such as the Internet, print press, advertising, satellite television, video, rock music, literature, cinema, gender, religious intellectuals, and secularism, this unique and...

February 2010 | Paperback: 978-0-415-58319-0 (Routledge)

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Mediaeval Islamic Historiography and Political Legitimacy

Bal'ami's Tarikhnamah

By A.C.S. Peacock

The Tarikhnamah is a history of the world and the oldest surviving work of Persian prose. This book examines it as a political and cultural...

February 2010 | Paperback: 978-0-415-58311-4 (Routledge)

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Gender and Diversity in the Middle East and North Africa

Edited by Zahia Smail Salhi

The images of women in chadors or burqas as contrasted with images of belly dancers which circulate today as representations of Muslim/Middle Eastern women do...

February 2010 | Hardback: 978-0-415-54975-2 (Routledge)

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The Routledge Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature

Edited by Julie Scott Meisami, Paul Starkey

The Routledge Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature is an authoritative reference resource, bringing together entries on key authors, works, genres, terms, concepts and issues in Arabic...

January 2010 | Paperback: 978-0-415-57113-5 (Routledge)

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Plurality and Citizenship in Israel

Moving beyond the Jewish/Palestinian civil divide

Edited by Dan Avnon, Yotam Benziman

Israel's political process is too often framed in terms of a dichotomy between Jewish and Arab/Palestinian citizens of the state, a framing which perpetuates political...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-55777-1 (Routledge)

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Ben-Gurion, Zionism and American Jewry

1948 - 1963

By Ariel Feldestein

Based on archival material, this intriguing book examines David Ben-Gurion’s influence on the relationship between the state of Israel, the Zionist Organization and American Jewry...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-57679-6 (Routledge)

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The Origins of the American-Israeli Alliance

The Jordanian Factor

By Abraham Ben-Zvi

This book demonstrates that the origins of the US-Israeli alliance lay in the former's concern over Egyptian influence in Jordan, contrasting with the widely-held view...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-57680-2 (Routledge)

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The Political Thought of Ayatollah Murtaza Mutahhari

An Iranian Theoretician of the Islamic State

By Mahmood T. Davari

Ayatollah Murtaza Mutahhari was a significant figure in the movement which brought the Islamic Republic of Iran into being. Mutahhari, a student of Ayatollah Khomeini...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-57350-4 (Routledge)

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Religion and Society in Qajar Iran

Edited by Robert Gleave

Gleave brings together studies by experts in the area of religion in nineteenth-century Iran in order to present new insights into Qajar religion, political and cultural...

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-57347-4 (Routledge)

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