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Book choice
Here is a list of books that we have found interesting or in some way out of the ordinary.
See separate list for books about the Arab uprisings.
We also have a list of Arabic literature that has been translated into English.
Islam and the Secular State
by Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im
Available from amazon.com or amazon.co.uk
Voices of the New Arab Public
by Marc Lynch
Review: TBS Journal Interview: Mother Jones
The Taqwacores
by Michael Muhammad Knight
Review: Guardian
Killing Mr Lebanon
by Nicholas Blanford
Reviews: Guardian; Christian Science Monitor
Arabs
by Mark Allen
Purchase from amazon.com or amazon.co.uk
Review: Observer; Sunday Times
Sexual Ethics and Islam Feminist Reflections on Qur'an, Hadith, and Jurisprudence
by Kecia Ali
Being Arab
by Samir Kassir
Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits
by Laila Lalami
Review: Washington Post
Saudi Arabia Exposed: Inside a Kingdom in Crisis
by John R. Bradley
Review: al-Ahram Weekly
Why they don't hate us: lifting the veil on the Axis of Evil
by Mark LeVine
The Yacoubian Building a novel by Alaa Al Aswany
Progressive Muslims: On Justice, Gender, and Pluralism
Edited by Omid Safi
Interview with Omid Safi: muslimwakeup.com
Order from: amazon.com; amazon.co.uk
Salam Pax: the Baghdad Blog
(published in US as "The Clandestine Diary of an Ordinary Iraqi")
by Salam Pax
Islam in the Digital Age: E-jihad, Online Fatwas and Cyber Islamic Environments
by Gary Bunt
The Road from Damascus: A Journey through Syria
by Scott Davis
Order from amazon.com or amazon.co.uk
Reviews: Al Jadid; Rambles magazine
Sexual Encounters in the Middle East
by Derek Hopwood
The Muslim Jesus
by Tarif Khalidi
Reviews: Guardian; Christian Science Monitor; others
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Last revised on 15 December, 2012
