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      Post-Islamic Classicism: A Visual Essay on the Architecture of Mohamed Makiya

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      Describes the metamorphosis of Mohamed Makiya from a classic to a post-modern architect. The author examines his eclectic style and argues that he combines modern advances in technology and materials…

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      The Rock: A Tale of Seventh-Century Jerusalem

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      A brilliantly imagined, historically based account of the building of the Dome of the Rock explores the convergence of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam that occurred during its creation. Illustrations throughout.

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      The Monument: Art and Vulgarity in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq

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      This text is a study of the interplay between art and politics - of how culture, normally an unquestioned good, can play into the hands of power with devastating effects…

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      Republic of Fear: The Politics of Modern Iraq, Updated Edition

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      Examining Iraqi history in a search for clues to understanding contemporary political affairs, this title illustrates how the quality of Ba'thi pan-Arabism as an ideology, the centrality of the first…

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      Cruelty and Silence: War, Tyranny, Uprising, and the Arab World

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      One of the most important books ever written on the state of the modern Middle East. -Geraldine Brooks, Wall Street Journal

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