UC Press is proud to publish award-winning authors and books across many disciplines. Below are several of our February 2023 award winners. Please join us in celebrating these scholars by sharing the …
Read More >From metal and hip hop, to emo in Baghdad, mahraganat in Egypt, techno in Beirut, listen to the revolutionary music of the Middle East with this playlist curated by author Mark LeVine.
Read More >A pioneering work of Ottoman Turkish literature, Prisoner of the Infidels brings the seventeenth-century memoir of Osman Agha of Timişoara—slave, adventurer, and diplomat—into English for the first time. The sweeping story of Osman’s life …
Read More >UC Press is spotlighting books that provide context to the struggles and solidarity of women in Afghanistan, the Middle East, and beyond. These books delve into the histories of Muslim feminism past …
Read More >New Directions in Palestinian Studies book series, the first of its kind in the United States, solicits rigorous and innovative manuscripts that put Palestinians at the center of knowledge production projects. It …
Read More >Author On Barak argues in Powering Empire that we cannot promote worldwide decarbonization without first understanding the history of the globalization of carbon energy. How did this black rock come to have …
Read More >UC Press is pleased to partner with the Institute for Palestine Studies to offer the best Palestinian scholarship and stories at a limited-time discounted rate. Through the end of 2017, you can get 20% off …
Read More >by Laura Robson, author of States of Separation: Transfer, Partition, and the Making of the Modern Middle East For years now, pundits and politicians alike have been tossing around the idea of …
Read More >Few places in the world are enmeshed in as much tension and debate as Jerusalem: as a historical site, a symbol of national identity, and a modern city. It has been destroyed, …
Read More >This guest post, by Abdel Bari Atwan, was originally published on Rai al-youm. It is being republished here with permission from the author. Abdel Bari Atwan The entire continent of Europe is …
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