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NEWS: From 1 March 2026, all new Middle East Studies books will publish under the Bloomsbury Academic brand.

This change will bring Bloomsbury’s expanded global Area Studies publishing programme under one unified name, building on the I.B. Tauris, Zed and R&L legacies.

Learn more: bit.ly/IBT-FAQs
NEW RESEARCH

The Kurds of Central Anatolia: The History, Identity and Future of a Forgotten People www.bloomsbury.com/9780755655779

Ronald Storrs: Governing British Jerusalem www.bloomsbury.com/9780755653409

#KurdishStudies #Jerusalem #Colonialism #Occupation #BritishEmpire
January 23, 2026 at 2:03 PM
OUT NOW

The I.B. Tauris Handbook to Gendering the Cultural Histories of the Modern Arab World

Demonstrates how the cultural histories of the #MiddleEast can be rewritten to prioritise lived realities and female voices & perspectives.

📕 www.bloomsbury.com/978075564825 #GenderStudies
January 22, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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NEWS: From 1 March 2026, all new Middle East Studies books will publish under the Bloomsbury Academic brand.

This change will bring Bloomsbury’s expanded global Area Studies publishing programme under one unified name, building on the I.B. Tauris, Zed and R&L legacies.

Learn more: bit.ly/IBT-FAQs
December 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
NEW RESEARCH

Scent, Colour and Glitter in the Ancient World bloomsbury.com/9780755656820
Forms of Belonging bloomsbury.com/9780755655076
Balkan Muslims and the Middle East bloomsbury.com/9780755646845
Governance of Resistance in North and East Syria bloomsbury.com/9780755654918

#MiddleEast #Books
January 14, 2026 at 12:01 PM
OUT NOW

ISIS: The March to Dystopia

The most comprehensive study of ISIS to date, benefitting from Arabic sources previously unavailable to an English-speaking audience -- by renowned scholar and political philosopher, Azmi Bishara.

www.bloomsbury.com/9780755659005 #Syria #Iraq #ISIS
January 13, 2026 at 5:30 PM
OUT NOW

Israel and the #Gaza Strip since 1967: A History of #Occupation, Domination and Unilateralism by Trude Strand

Based on official Israeli records, leaked documents, and international media, Strand interrogates pivotal moments in Israeli policymaking.

www.bloomsbury.com/9780755656172 #Israel
Israel and the Gaza Strip since 1967
Following the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, Israeli decision-makers opted to conquer, colonise, occupy and dominate the Gaza Strip. Why was this sliver of land - home…
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January 12, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Now available #OpenAccess 📖

A Companion to Muslim Cultures

Looks at how culture shapes every aspect of the relationship between God and the believer in Islam - as well as among believers, and with those beyond the fold.

www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do... #IslamicStudies #MuslimCultures
January 6, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Now available #OpenAccess 📖

Spiritual Resurrection in Shi'i Islam: An Early Ismaili Treatise on the Doctrine of Qiyamat

A new Persian edition and English translation of the Haft bāb by Ḥasan-i Maḥmūd-i Kātib

www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do... #IslamicStudies #IsmailiStudies
January 6, 2026 at 12:00 PM
'With Bahram Beizai's death, Iranian cinema is orphaned' writes Hamid Dabashi for Middle East Eye

🗞️ www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/bahr...

Learn more about the great Bahram Beyzaie's life and work in these books by Dr Saeed Talajooy: bit.ly/3YUvjQy 📖

#Iran #Cinema #Theatre 🎭
With Bahram Beizai's death, Iranian cinema is orphaned
The death of a towering Iranian filmmaker is the loss of an artist whose work carried his homeland's myths, language and memory despite years of exile and censorship
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January 5, 2026 at 11:56 AM
OUT NOW - a new I.B. Tauris Handbook for your library 📚

The I.B. Tauris Handbook of the Late Ottoman Empire: History & Legacy
edited by Hans-Lukas Kieser & Khatchig Mouradian

📗 www.bloomsbury.com/978075564435 #Ottoman

& find more handbooks in the series: www.bloomsbury.com/series/i-b-t... ✍️ 📖
The I.B. Tauris Handbook of the Late Ottoman Empire
Drawing on contributions from fifty established and emerging academics, The I.B. Tauris Handbook of the Late Ottoman Empire explores the scholarship that has em…
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December 19, 2025 at 10:18 AM
OUT NOW

Beirut Radical: A Global Microhistory from the Sixties to the Lebanese Civil War by Dylan Baun

A meditation on the intimate, the personal, the ethics, and the micro-level of history covering the global '60s, the war, and its aftermath.

www.bloomsbury.com/9780755655281 #Lebanon #MiddleEast
Beirut Radical
Imad Yusuf Nuwayhid was born in 1944 in the Lebanese village of Ras al-Matn. He came of age in the 1960s, splitting time between Beirut and Europe. And he died…
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December 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Poetry has played a major role in the historical Iranian cultural imagination. How have 20th century #Persian poets contributed to this? ✍️

Find out in 'Imagine a Nation: Six Persian Poets in Search of a Homeland' by Hamid Dabashi - OUT NOW

www.bloomsbury.com/imagine-a-na... #Poetry #Iran #Politics
December 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"A timely read which dissects the imperialist politics and rightly shows that the Palestinian struggle is not just against Israel but the prevailing European colonial framework" - @thenewarab.bsky.social on 'Recognition Politics in Settler Colonial States'

www.newarab.com/features/unp... #Palestine
Unpacking Israel’s erasure of Palestine with Emile Badarin
Book Club: Emile Badarin’s ’Recognition Politics in Settler Colonial States’ shows how liberal recognition masks colonial violence and the erasure of Palestine
www.newarab.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Had a blast at MESA, including our panel on “Empire in Low Places!” Also guess what I found at the book exhibit—it’s alive! Out in the UK this Thursday and Feb 19 in the US!
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December 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
NEWS: From 1 March 2026, all new Middle East Studies books will publish under the Bloomsbury Academic brand.

This change will bring Bloomsbury’s expanded global Area Studies publishing programme under one unified name, building on the I.B. Tauris, Zed and R&L legacies.

Learn more: bit.ly/IBT-FAQs
December 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
NEW RESEARCH

Climate Policy & Politics in the Middle East: Environmental, Economic & Political Challenges bit.ly/44waoXi

Empire of Officials: Christians & Jews in the #Ottoman Bureaucracy bit.ly/4rAhDHO

#ClimateChange #Environment #Politics #MiddleEast
December 9, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Our holiday sale ends soon! Get 30% off hundreds of books until midnight on Sunday 🎁

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December 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
NEW RESEARCH

Rethinking Islamic Politics in Tunisia https://bit.ly/4pjgd2Y

Commemorating the Armenian Genocide https://bit.ly/442IbY5

Arrested Movement in the Middle East https://bit.ly/4pGZeHx

#Armenia #Tunisia #MiddleEast #Politics #Palestine #Genocide
December 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Poetry has played a major role in the historical Iranian cultural imagination. How have 20th century #Persian poets contributed to this? ✍️

Find out in 'Imagine a Nation: Six Persian Poets in Search of a Homeland' by Hamid Dabashi - OUT NOW

www.bloomsbury.com/imagine-a-na... #Poetry #Iran #Politics
December 2, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Christoph Baumer discusses the findings in his new book, based on decades of fieldwork exploring #RockArt across the globe – from the Sahara to Central #Asia & the Arabian Peninsula – read the interview on @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social blog

📖 www.bloomsbury.com/discover/blo...
#History #Archaeology 🌍
December 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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📣 Want to learn about #Uzbekistan but don't want to leave the house? ☔️

Luckily, tomorrow evening’s Reading Room discussion with @joannalillis.bsky.social hosted by Sophie Ibbotson at @asianaffairs.bsky.social is online!

Book your free spot now 👇

🎟️ bit.ly/435Ov0n

#SilkMirage
Silk Mirage: Through the Looking Glass in Uzbekistan - join us for this online Reading Room discussion with author Joanna Lillis, hosted by Sophie Ibbotson on 2 December 2025 at 17.30 GMT. Find out more and register for free here - https://loom.ly/l1iAVx8
December 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Don't miss our holiday sale! Get 30% off hundreds of books until Sunday 7th Dec 🎁

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UK & Europe 👉 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/discover/academic-christmas-sale
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November 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"A timely read which dissects the imperialist politics and rightly shows that the Palestinian struggle is not just against Israel but the prevailing European colonial framework" - @thenewarab.bsky.social on 'Recognition Politics in Settler Colonial States'

www.newarab.com/features/unp... #Palestine
Unpacking Israel’s erasure of Palestine with Emile Badarin
Book Club: Emile Badarin’s ’Recognition Politics in Settler Colonial States’ shows how liberal recognition masks colonial violence and the erasure of Palestine
www.newarab.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
NEW RESEARCH

Performance Activism in the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa & Beyond by Joseph Alagha

Examines social practice manifestations of performance activism among contemporary Islamic movements in the MENA and beyond.

www.bloomsbury.com/9781666975383 #MiddleEast #Activism
November 20, 2025 at 9:13 AM
🎟️ EVENT 🎟️

Join author Ann Wilks for a special lecture on the subject of her book 'Britain’s Man on the Spot in Iraq and Afghanistan: Government and Diplomacy by Sir Henry Dobbs at the Apex of Empire'.

⏰ Tues 25 Nov, 11:30am, #London
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