This book explores violence in the public lives of modern Middle Eastern cities, approaching violence as an individual and collective experience, a historical e

Covering a period from the late eighteenth century to today, this volume explores the phenomenon of urban violence in order to unveil general developments and h

A History of the Modern Middle East offers a comprehensive assessment of the region, stretching from the fourteenth century and the founding of the Ottoman and

Household anthologies of seventeenth-century Isfahan collected everyday texts and objects, from portraits, letters, and poems to marriage contracts and talisman

In this innovative book, Keith Watenpaugh connects the question of modernity to the formation of the Arab middle class. The book explores the rise of a middle c