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History of the Divine Religions and the History of Religions 2 Volumes
History of the Divine Religions and History of Religions 2 Part Author: Farouk Al-Damluji Religion is the core of human life. He cannot ignore it or exclude it from his life, as religion represents the life of the individual. Religion has occupied human beings...- Dhs. 120.00
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Victoria
Victoria Author: Yaqoub Sarrouf Take care of her, for one day she will become Queen of England. With this prophecy, the Duke of Kent foretold the future of his daughter, Victoria, who later ascended the throne to lead an empire that spanned nearly four...- Dhs. 40.00
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The Tigris Ship in Search of Our Beginnings
Tigris ship Author: Thor Heyerdahl The Sumerians themselves say that their forefathers came by sea to the coastal city of Ur from the land of Dilmun after the Flood. Their written testimony seems, at first glance, to open the door to another mystery: Where...- Dhs. 81.00
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Pantaleon and the Visitors
Pantaleon and the Visitors Author: Mario Vargas Llosa After the Peruvian army received numerous complaints about soldiers assaulting peasant women and daughters in remote jungle areas, the military leadership found a solution: establishing a female visitors' service to provide entertainment for the soldiers. Newly...- Dhs. 45.00
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History of the Western World
History of the Western World Author: L. J. Sheeny An ancient oriental story tells of a young king suddenly possessed by a burning desire to investigate the past. He sent for his scholars and ordered them to write down the entire history of the...- Dhs. 55.00
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Islam in History
Islam in history Author: Bernard Lewis Since the events of September 11, 2001, the invasion of Iraq in 2003, the emergence of ISIS and similar armed groups, and Trump's declaration of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel - the acceleration of events and the...- Dhs. 72.00
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The ethics of the two ministers
The ethics of the two ministers Author: Abu Hayyan al-Tawhidi Had Abu Hayyan al-Tawhidi gained favor and prestige with Ibn al-Amid and al-Sahib ibn Abbad, whom he knocked on their door hoping for what he had always desired and dreamed of, this literary masterpiece...- Dhs. 45.00
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The history of the Qur’an in its revelation and collection
The history of the Quran: its revelation and compilation Author's name: Abu Abdullah al-Zanjabi The Holy Quran, since its revelation to the Prophet of Islam, has received—and continues to receive—great attention from both Muslims and Orientalists alike. Numerous books have been written to explore...- Dhs. 25.00
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Gilgamesh and the Theft of the Riddle of Time
Gilgamesh and the Theft of the Riddle of Time Author: Saeed Al-Ghanimi The book initially addresses Sumerian heroic tales, which are scattered tales with multiple protagonists. It traces how the Babylonians combined these scattered tales into a single narrative structure, organized by a single...- Dhs. 60.00
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contemporaries
contemporaries Author: Muhammad Kurd Ali A comprehensive record of the achievements of scholars contemporary to the thinker Muhammad Kurd Ali, accompanied by their illustrious academic biographies. His position as head of the Arab Language Academy allowed him to meet and interact with them during...- Dhs. 60.00
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Andalusia's past and present
Andalusia's past and present Author: Muhammad Kurd Ali Reviewed by: Dr. Muhammad Nasir al-Din This book can be considered a small, precious, and comprehensive encyclopedia of everything related to Andalusia, painstakingly crafted by the distinguished scholar Muhammad Kurd Ali to be a haven for...- Dhs. 40.00
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Identity chaos
Identity chaos Author: Hawra Al-Nadawi What constitutes identity? How can the self remain coherent amidst contradictory worlds? What does it mean to belong in a multicultural world? How do we define ourselves when we belong to two different cultures? Can roots remain steadfast despite...- Dhs. 55.00
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The most famous assassinations in history
The most famous assassinations in history Author: Francis Johnson The stories of the thirty most famous assassinations in history, described in this volume, have never before been told in a collective form in any language. Their accounts were scattered throughout numerous historical works by...- Dhs. 65.00
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Gideon's Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad
Gideon's spies The Secret History of the Mossad Author: Gordon Thomas Exciting intelligence information Mossad was established in 1951 to fortify the State of Israel, and was responsible for the most daring and brazen espionage and counter-espionage operations, as well as assassinations. This book...- Dhs. 67.00
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A Brief Islamic History
Brief Islamic History Author: Muhammad Suhail Taqush 1: History is a witness against us, and that we are a nation that God has honored with Islam. When our circumstances changed, and the goal of the Caliphate was abandoned, our prestige was lost. So God...- Dhs. 49.00
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Corridors of the Abbasid state
Corridors of the Abbasid state Author: Mohamed Shaaban This book explores the Abbasid era, observing the conditions of the people from various perspectives, which have perhaps not been adequately highlighted before, despite their importance as historical indicators that foretell the features of this era....- Dhs. 36.00
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The Golden Age of Arab Civilization
The Golden Age of Arab Civilization Author: Gilbert Sinoué Some historians believe that the roots of Western civilization owe only to the Greeks, Romans, and the Renaissance, thus ignoring any contributions of Arab-Islamic civilization to shaping the course of human progress! But can we...- Dhs. 55.00
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Gilgamesh
Gilgamesh Author: Firas Al-Sawah This book is considered the primary reference in the Arabic language for those interested in the Epic of Gilgamesh and for readers in general. In addition to the scholarly effort the author has expended in verifying and translating the text...- Dhs. 85.00
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History of Jerusalem
History of Jerusalem Author: Firas Al-Sawah “My treatment of the history of ancient Palestine in this book takes Jerusalem as a starting and ending point, and as the axis around which the entire research revolves. This is in an attempt to remove the veil...- Dhs. 90.00
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The Mystery of Ishtar, the Feminine Goddess and the Origin of Religion and Myth
The Riddle of Ishtar Author: Firas Al-Sawah The mystery of Ishtar is not limited to the multiplicity of names and the diversity of manifestations, but extends to everything related to her, from characteristics, functions, rituals, myths, and hymns. Perhaps the Babylonian mystery of Ishtar...- Dhs. 85.00
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Introduction to the Texts of the Ancient East
Introduction to the Texts of the Ancient East Author: Firas Al-Sawah This book aims to introduce the most important literary texts of ancient Eastern cultures, including myths, epics, proverbs, hymns, prayers, and other works. The author has expanded upon these texts with a number...- Dhs. 95.00
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Human religion
The religion of man Author: Firas Al-Sawah This book describes the religious phenomenon in a species known as Homo sapiens. We have found that religion is one of the key characteristics that has distinguished this species from others since it acquired the human traits...- Dhs. 95.00
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Myth and Meaning
Myth and meaning Author: Firas Al-Sawah This book addresses a number of sensitive topics, addressed by the author using his usual rigorous and disciplined scientific inductive approach. These include: the function of myth and its role in individual and collective life; meaning, myth, and...- Dhs. 85.00
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God, the universe, and man
God, the universe, and man Author: Firas Al-Sawah This book contains, in its introduction, my answers to questions I have often been asked in newspaper, radio, and television interviews, such as: Why did you choose to write about mythology and religion? Or, Why don't...- Dhs. 70.00
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Chapters of Chinese Philosophy
God, the universe, and man Author: Firas Al-Sawah The success of my book, The Tao Te Ching - The Gospel of Taoist Wisdom, in its Chinese edition published by the Beijing Foreign Languages Press, and the fact that my friend Dr. Xu Qingguo, who...- Dhs. 95.00
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The Mind's First Adventure
The first adventure of the mind Author: Firas Al-Sawah Firas Al-Sawah's book, The Mind's First Adventure, was first published in the 1970s and has consistently been on the lists of the most important and influential Arabic books ever since. The book was published by...- Dhs. 90.00
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Human Origins: A Brief History
Human Origins: A Brief History Author: Antoine Balzo Not a year goes by without a discovery: Lucy is not our oldest ancestor, new branches of humans in Asia, fragments of Neanderthal inheritance in our DNA... But there are still missing pieces in the puzzle...- Dhs. 70.00
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Arab Nazis
Arab Nazis Author's name: Rami Raafat “Hajj Muhammad Hitler” is the name given by Egyptians to the Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, and “Musa al-Nili” is the name given to the fascist leader Mussolini. Hitler was also given similar names in Iraq and Syria, which...- Dhs. 45.00
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sacred myths
Sacred myths Author's name: Walid Fikri The earth is carried on the back of a bull, and the sun revolves around a wheel pulled by angels every day, and the jinn, the ben, and the genies inhabited the earth centuries before the creation of...- Dhs. 33.00
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Blood of the Mamluks
Mamluk blood Author's name: Walid Fikri At least forty military coups, in addition to failed attempts. More than twenty sultans ended their lives by assassination or execution, or their deaths were marred by suspicion of assassination. Conspiracies and counter-conspiracies between the princes themselves, or...- Dhs. 24.00
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Ottoman crime
Ottoman crime Author's name: Walid Fikri Regarding the crime of the Ottoman state, which controlled the lands of the Arabs and Muslims for more than four centuries, and destroyed their great civilization that remained for eight centuries as the greatest civilization of medieval history....- Dhs. 49.00
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Al-Shadhili
Shazly Author's name: Mustafa Obeid This is the biography of a great Egyptian military officer who played a major role in achieving the greatest victory for the Egyptian military over Israel. This book represents the first detailed biography that tells the story of the...- Dhs. 49.00
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Ataturk and what is hidden
Ataturk and what was hidden Author's name: Medhat Abdel Razek A military leader who never surrendered, a revolutionary statesman who inflicted defeats on the British, French, and Russians, and emerged from the Great War a legendary hero. He led his people against the invading...- Dhs. 49.00
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Farouk the Last
Farouk the Last Author's name: Montaser Amin During a turbulent period in our contemporary history, the young boy, at the age of seventeen, was surprised to find himself king of Egypt. At that time, the senior statesmen bowed to him, and everyone flattered him....- Dhs. 38.00
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Ramses II the full story
Ramses II: The Complete Story Author's name: Muhammad Muhi Who is Ramses II, and why is his name always associated with the story of the Pharaoh of Moses for many people? Why are the Jews persecuting Ramses II? And what is the story of...- Dhs. 45.00
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Mitzrayim: Tales and Royal Families of Egyptian Jews
Mitzraim: Tales and Families of Royal Egyptian Jews Author's name: Medhat Abdel Razek Everything around us pushes us to treat Jews as the eternal enemy. At some point, we discover that Jews were part of the fabric of Egyptian society. But the attempt to...- Dhs. 56.00
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Arab Days
Arab Days Author's name: Muhammad Yahya The ancient history of the Arabs has been lost among us until we no longer know anything about it except that it was a period of ignorance that Islam erased! The first image that comes to mind when...- Dhs. 24.00
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Arab discord
Arab discord Author's name: Muhammad Yahya No sooner had the call of the new religion appeared in Quraysh than discord spread among them, affecting every household. This discord quickly widened, encompassing a larger area of the Arabian Peninsula. Some tribes joined one faction, and...- Dhs. 29.00
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The throne did not touch him
The throne was not affected Author's name: Muhammad Ghanima The throne, what a story that never ends, and will never end, and the Alawite family has always been rife with competition, conflict, and disputes to ascend this throne. This book presents a picture of...- Dhs. 31.00
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Pasha's necklace
Pasha's Chain The hidden secrets of the princes and princesses of the Alawite dynasty Author's name: Suhair Abdel Hamid The book attempts to present an objective view of the history of the princes and princesses of the Alawite family, as the history of that...- Dhs. 55.00
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Cromer Papers of Khedive Ismail
Cromer's Papers of Khedive Ismail Author's name: Evelyn Baring The first part of a project undertaken by Lord Cromer to document the historical events he experienced in Egypt and Sudan from 1876 to 1915. It does not present the usual narrative of Egyptian history,...- Dhs. 25.00
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Cromer Papers of Khedive Tawfiq
Cromer's Papers, Khedive Tawfiq Author's name: Evelyn Baring Why has Egypt not always been for Egyptians? The records of the past rarely escape the gray grip of forgetfulness - whether intentional or accidental - as a result of faulty memory or incomplete documentation engraved...- Dhs. 31.00
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Cromer Papers of Abbas II
Cromer Papers Abbas II Author's name: Evelyn Baring After his two terms as Consul General in Egypt under Khedive Ismail, and later as the first High Commissioner following the British occupation, Lord Cromer never ceased asking questions. Evelyn Baring arrived in Egypt this time,...- Dhs. 22.00
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The Hyksos Full Story
The Hyksos: The Complete Story Author's name: Muhammad Muhi The term “Hyksos” is associated in the minds of Arabic speakers in general, and Egyptians in particular, with several mixed and conflicting perceptions and visions. Some see the Hyksos as barbaric rabble who occupied Egypt...- Dhs. 55.00
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Sunset Ceremony: The Story of Zionism and the Stages of the Establishment of Israel
Sunset ceremony The story of Zionism and the stages of the establishment of Israel Author's name: Medhat Abdel Razek The Nakba of Palestine did not begin in 1948, but rather it began politically more than two hundred years ago, when the walls of Acre...- Dhs. 42.00
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Factories of History: The Story of the World as Drawn by Economic Ideas
Factories of History The story of the world as shaped by economic ideas Author's name: Muhammad Yahya The book deals with the history of economic thought by explaining the most important economic theories that have passed through history, starting from the era of the...- Dhs. 31.00
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Hadiths of Joy
Conversations of longing Author's name: Hamed Mohamed Hamed Let's agree that you have never seen any of the places mentioned in this book before, and unfortunately, you probably never will! This book speaks of a class of Cairo that no longer actually exists today,...- Dhs. 31.00
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History of humanity
History of mankind Author's name: Arnold Toynbee It studies the early civilizations of Mesopotamia, including the Sumerian and Babylonian, as well as those of the Levant, Persia, ancient Egypt, and Greece. It then moves on to the Mesoamerican, Roman, Christian, Western, Byzantine, Islamic, Persian,...- Dhs. 112.00
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China and its civilization, literature, politics and society
China and its civilization, literature, politics, and society Author's name: Will and Ariel Durant The author of this book is the well-known American writer and historian William James Durant. He received a doctorate in philosophy, worked as a professor at Columbia University for one...- Dhs. 63.00
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History of civilization
History of Civilization Author's name: Charles Seignobos This book, "The History of Civilization," by Monsieur Charles Seignobos, a professor at the Sorbonne, explains the civilizations that have influenced every nation since the dawn of history to the present day. This section includes a brief...- Dhs. 67.00
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