UCD Adult Education Centre
The Modern Middle East: An Introduction
TN103
2010/2011
Reading List
The following are samples of materials referred to during the course. This list will be discussed in class.
Core texts:
Harms & Ferry. The Palestine Israel conflict: a basic introduction (2008), London: Pluto Books
Owen, Roger State, Power and Politics in the Making of the Modern Middle East(3rd ed 2004), London: Routledge
Pappe, Ilan. ( 2005)The Modern Middle East. (2005), London: Routledge
There is a huge number of publications on the Middle East and, in particular, on the Palestinian- Israeli conflict. I have listed separately publications available in UCD library and in bookshops.
Some recommended texts available in the James Joyce Library, UCD
Chomsky, Noam., Middle East Illusions (2003), Gen:956.04/CHO
Faroqui, Suraiya., Subjects of the Sultan: Culture and Daily Life in the Ottoman Empire (2000) Gen: 956.015/FAR
Fisk, Robert., Pity the Nation (1990), Gen: 956.92/FIS
Fukuyama, Francis., After the Neocons: America at the Crossroads (2006), Gen: 327.73/FUK
Galbraith, Peter., How American Incompetence Created a War Without End (2006), 320.9567/GAL
Goodwin, Jane., Price of Honour: Muslim Women Lift the Veil of Silence in the Islamic World (1995), Development studies: 305.4/ GOO
Hila, Jamil., Where Now for Palestine: The Demise of the Two State Solution (2006), Gen: 956.04/HI
Hersh, Seymour, M., Chain of Command :The Road from 9/11 to Abu Graib (2004), Gen: 320.973/HER
Kayali, Hassan., Arabs and Young Turks: Ottomanism, Arabism and Islamism in the Ottoman Empire (1997), Gen: 956/KAY
Milton- Edwards, Beverly., Conflicts in the Middle East since 1945 (2003), Gen: 956.04/MIL
Pappe, Ilan., Middle Eastern Politics and Ideas: A History from Within (1997), Gen: 956/PAP
Ruthven, Malise., Islam: A Very Short Introduction (1997), Development studies : 297/RUT
Sadaawi, Nawal, el. The Nawal el Sadaawi Reader (1997), Development studies: 305.42/ SAA
Shlaim, Avi., The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World (2000), Gen:956.04/SHL
Traboulsi, Fawwaz., A History of Modern Lebanon (2007), 956.92/TRA
Some recommended texts available in Waterstones/ Hodges & Figgis
Faroqhi, Suraiya., The Ottoman Empire and the World Around It (2007), London: I.B.Tauris
Fisk, Robert., The Great War for Civilisation: the Conquest of the Middle East (2005), London: Fourth Estate
Hourani, Albert. ( constantly reprinted) A History of the Arab Peoples London: Faber & Faber
Mackey, Sandra., Mirror of the Arab World: Lebanon in Conflict (2008), London: W.W.Norton & Co
[ new publication]
Gardner David., Last Chance : The Middle East in the Balance (2009), London: I B Taurus
Have just bought, but not yet read, this new publication. Has been highly recommended as giving a lively, candid, disturbing and controversial overview of problems and prospects of the Middle East in 21st century
Websites
www.haaretz.com (liberal Israeli newspaper)
www.jpost.com (right wing Israeli newspaper)
www.metimes.com
www.asharqalasat.com
www.daralhayat.com
The last three are global English language Arabic newspapers but keying any words linked to the Middle East will bring an avalanche of material.