Cultural Region/Middle Eastern
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A Queen to the Rescue: The Story of Henrietta Szold, Founder of Hadassah
$18.99 Read moreHenrietta Szold took Queen Esther as a model and worked hard to save the Jewish people. In 1912, she founded the Jewish women’s social justice organization, Hadassah. Henrietta started Hadassah determ
- Author: Churnin, Nancy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 05 2021
- ISBN10: 1939547954
- Language: English
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Islamic Mystical Poetry: Sufi Verse from the Early Mystics to Rumi
$19.00 Read moreWritten from the ninth to the twentieth century, these poems represent the peak of Islamic Mystical writing, from Rabia Basri to Mian Mohammad Baksh. Reflecting both private devotional love and the at… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Jamal, Mahmood
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: January 26 2010
- ISBN10: 0140424733
- Language: English
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Battleground: 10 Conflicts That Explain the New Middle East
$28.00 Read moreThe essential guide to geopolitics in the modern Middle East
The Middle East is in crisis. The shocking events of the war in Gaza have rocked the entire region. More than a decade ago, the Arab Sprin- Author: Phillips, Christopher
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 12 2024
- ISBN10: 0300263422
- Language: English
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The Clue in the Papyrus Scroll
$7.99 Add to cartIn this all-new very special mini-series, the Aldens have been recruited by a secret society to return lost artifacts and treasures to their rightful locations–all around the world! The Aldens arrive… [more below]
- Series: Boxcar Children Great Adventure #2
- Author: Warner, Gertrude Chandler
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 01 2017
- ISBN10: 0807506990
- Language: English
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Lawrence Abu Hamdan: Live Audio Essays
$20.00 Add to cartAn anthology of Abu Hamdan’s disquieting audio-essay monologues on the soundscape of political life
This volume compiles transcripts from performances and films by Beirut-based Lawrence Abu Hamdan (bor
- Author: Hamdan, Lawrence Abu
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: June 13 2023
- ISBN10: 9798987624951
- Language: English
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The Girl with a Brave Heart
$9.99 Add to cartYoung Shiraz lives a lonely life with her stepmother and stepsister, completely unaware of the old woman who lives alone next door…until Shiraz’s runaway yarn ball brings them face-to-face. This bea… [more below]
- Author: Jahanforuz, Rita
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: March 01 2013
- ISBN10: 1846869315
- Language: English
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The Search for the Twelve Apostles
$18.99 Read moreSimon Peter, Andrew, James the son of Zebedee, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Jude, Simon, Judas, and Matthias–what happened to the men who answered Jesus’ cal… [more below]
- Author: McBirnie, William Steuart
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1414320043
- Language: English
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The Deadly Scrolls
$18.00 Read moreSet in modern Jerusalem and among the desert ruins of Qumran, this desperate hunt for an ancient treasure scroll pits a female Israeli intelligence agent against a religious fanatic hell-bent on bring… [more below]
- Series: Jerusalem Mysteries #1
- Author: Frankel, Ellen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1637589344
- Language: English
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Surge
$14.95 Read moreA new volume of aphoristic prose and philosophical poetry from Etel Adnan, whose work The New York Times recently described as the “meditative heir to Nietzsche’s aphorisms, Rilke’s Book of Hours and … [more below]
- Author: Adnan, Etel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: August 22 2018
- ISBN10: 1937658856
- Language: English
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The Beauty of Light: An Interview
$17.95 Read moreA lively and spontaneous interview with Etel Adnan about her absolute belief in the beauty of the world and the beauty of art.
In these interviews with journalist and editor Laure Adler, conducted in … [more below]
- Author: Adnan, Etel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: March 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1643622110
- Language: English
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Horse Diaries #6: Yatimah
$7.99 Add to cartFor all lovers of horses and history, it’s the next book in the popular Horse Diaries series. Born in the Arabian Desert in the ninth century, Yatimah is a black Arabian filly whose name means “orphan… [more below]
- Series: Horse Diaries (Quality) #6
- Author: Hapka, Catherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: January 11 2011
- ISBN10: 0375867198
- Language: English
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One Year on a Bike: From Amsterdam to Singapore
$70.00 Read moreThe title says it all: one man, one bike, one long ride, the adventure, the pleasure, and the pain. It is simultaneously a travelogue and visual journey.
Martijn Doolaard traded the convenience of a c
- Author: Doolaard, Martijn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: January 19 2017
- ISBN10: 3899559061
- Language: English
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Mosques: Splendors of Islam
$80.00 Read moreFOREWORD INDIES Book of the Year Awards — 2017 GOLD Winner for Architecture
One of the most important and authoritative books to celebrate mosque architecture and Islamic design, featuring many exqui- Author: Uluhanli, Leyla
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 31 2017
- ISBN10: 0847860353
- Language: English
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Ancient Egyptian Magic: A Hands-On Guide
$24.95 Read moreIn the ancient world, if you needed a love charm, wanted to contact your dead wife, or needed the ability to fly like a bird, the magicians of Egypt were the ones who could make it happen. In Ancient
- Author: Riggs, Christina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 07 2020
- ISBN10: 0500052123
- Language: English
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I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Young Readers Edition)
$17.00 Read moreThe bestselling memoir by Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai.
I am Malala. This is my story. Malala Yousafzai was only ten years old when the Taliban took control of her region. They said mus- Author: Yousafzai, Malala
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 08 2015
- ISBN10: 0316311197
- Language: English
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Behind My Doors: The Story of the World’s Oldest Library
$20.95 Add to cartCome learn about the oldest operating library in existence that was originally founded by a Muslim woman in 859!
Merhaba! Welcome! Meet Al-Qarawiyyin Library–the oldest library in the world. Do you wa
- Author: Khan, Hena
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 164379423X
- Language: English
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The World of the Old Testament: A Curious Kid’s Guide to the Bible’s Most Ancient Stories
$19.99 Read moreThe stories of the Old Testament portray a world completely foreign from our own. Curious kids riveted by these stories are likely to come away with questions. Who were the people who lived in the tim
- Series: Curious Kids’ Guides
- Author: Olson, Marc
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: October 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1506450598
- Language: English
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My Beautiful Birds
$13.95 Add to cartA New York Times Notable Children’s Books selection. The moving story of one boy’s refugee experience in the Syrian Civil War and the birds who help him on the road to emotional healing
Behind Sami, t
- Author: del Rizzo, Suzanne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 31 2020
- ISBN10: 1772781215
- Language: English
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Pumpkin Pie for Sigd
$17.95 Read more“With a diverse cast of appealing characters and the sweet friendship between the two girls, MacLeod stresses the connections among all the members of the Jewish diaspora.” – Kirkus Reviews
Maddie has
- Author: MacLeod, Jennifer Tzivia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1681155664
- Language: English
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Deep in the Sahara
$8.99 Add to cart“Poetic language, attractive illustrations and a positive message about Islam, without any didacticism: a wonderful combination,” declares Kirkus Reviews in a starred review.
Lalla lives in the Muslim- Author: Cunnane, Kelly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: May 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0525645667
- Language: English
