The Great War and the remaking of Palestine by Tamārī, Salīm

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Rafiq Bey's public spectacles -- Arabs, Turks, and monkeys : the ethnography and cartography of Ottoman Syria -- The sweet smell of holy sewage : urban planning and the new public sphere in Palestine -- A scientific expedition to Gallipoli : the Syrian-Palestinian intelligentsia divided -- Two faces of Palestinian orthodoxy : Hellenism, Arabness, and the Osmenlilik -- The farcical moment : narratives of revolution and counter-revolution in Nablus -- Adele Azar's notebook : charity and feminism in WWI -- Ottoman modernity and the biblical gaze : the war photography of Khalil Raad.…”

Middle East politics and international relations crisis zone by Akbarzadeh, Shahram

Table of Contents: “…Historical Context -- The formation of the state of Israel -- The Arab-Israeli wars -- Palestinian politics : The failure of the 'peace-process' -- Pan-Arabism and Islamism -- The Iranian Revolution and pan-Shi'ism -- Playground of the Superpower -- The US-led War on Terror -- The Arab Uprisings -- The Syrian War -- The Islamic State -- Iran-US Relations and the Nuclear Deal -- Shifting geopolitics in the Middle East…”

WARFARE : THE DEFINITIVE VISUAL HISTORY /

Euro-Mediterranean relations after the Arab Spring persistence in times of change

Table of Contents: “…: sketching foreign-educated Syrians' logics of action / Tina Zintl -- Conclusion / Jakob Horst, Annette Jünemann, Delf Rothe.…”