History & geography corner

World History in 12 Maps Author: John Burton Maps are images of places that transport their viewers through the imagination to distant, unknown places, and reduce distances to an image the size of the palm of the hand. Mapping is a basic human instinct...

Judaism and Israel Author's name: Yasmin Emad The book opens the doors of the past, and explores the secrets of the corridors of time and the depths of ancient history, so that together we may explore in the pages of the book the most...

Seventeen women from history Author's name: Atab Ahmed Shabeeb Great and immortal women, how numerous they are in our Arab and Islamic history! From where does the great woman derive the reasons for her immortality? And why did she deserve appreciation and respect from...

Butler to the World Author: Oliver Bullough   In this book, I argue that over the last seventy years or so, Britain has transformed itself into a global enabler of wrongdoing, a servant to anyone who can afford its fees, a butler to the...

Geniuses of their time S. Frederick Starr This book by the American researcher S. Frederick Starr examines two of the most prominent figures in Arab-Islamic civilization during its heyday: Ibn Sina and Al-Biruni. It presents a portrait of their era and an analysis of...

Is the Talmud the greatest book of magic in the world? Ayoub Al-Hajli After several thousand years, the biblical history remains one of the most complex texts in recorded history, the most complex event in modern and ancient Eastern religions in terms of its...

The apple did not fall on Newton's head Author's name: Anton Hulot The apple did not fall on Newton's head, Archimedes did not shout "Eureka!" while running naked down the street, and Galileo was not alone in his confrontation with the Church. Science, as...

The nature of tyranny and the downfall of slavery Author: Abdul Rahman Al-Kawakibi "Tyranny should not be resisted with violence, lest it become a sedition that reaps a heavy toll. Indeed, tyranny may reach such a degree that sedition erupts naturally. If there are...

The Balfour Declaration Conspiracy Deed Author: Salah Issa, Gamil Attia Ibrahim The "deed of conspiracy" is the Balfour Declaration issued in 1917. This book tells the story of the declaration in narrative style, from the perspectives of representatives of its various parties. The testimony...

Who taught Abdel Nasser to smoke cigarettes? Author: Omar Tahir Questions haunted the writer, and the answers flew into the margins of history books: - Why did Sadat choose to land at Ben Gurion Airport at night? - What would drive King Farouk to...

The prince Author's name: Niccolo Machiavelli Machiavelli is famous for the phrase "the end justifies the means." Although there is disagreement about who attributed the phrase to him historically, he truly embraced this idea, and this is evident in his writings. In his book,...

A golden king Author's name: Dr. Sharif Shaaban What made this boy king the talk of the world for decades? Did Tutankhamun expand Egypt's borders like Thutmose III? Did he construct one of history's most important architectural monuments, the Great Pyramid of Giza? Or...

How did psychopaths rule the world? Author's name: Samar Sayed Many of the world’s rulers have behaved strangely, and history has not told us that they suffered from psychological or mental disorders and illnesses. But now we will read history again, but from a...

How did psychopaths rule the world? Author's name: Ahmed Fathi Suleiman When we read the letters of medieval European writers, which reflect their fears of the Islamic East’s military and cultural invasion of them, and their complaint that young people have abandoned their heritage...

An English lady in Egypt Author's name: Sophia Lynn In thirty letters, the writer investigates the full details of social life in Egypt between 1842 and 1844, in a narrative style and organized letters titled with the date of the month and year. She...

I was the president of Egypt Author's name: Muhammad Naguib "I Was President of Egypt" is the memoirs of President Mohamed Naguib, recounting his political and personal experience after the revolution. It offers his testimony about pivotal events in Egypt's modern history, from the...

My word for history Author's name: Muhammad Naguib "My Word to History" is the memoirs of President Mohamed Naguib, the first president of the Arab Republic of Egypt after the fall of the monarchy in the July 23, 1952 Revolution. This book is a...

The Search for Sigurd I Author: Oystein Morten Norwegian writer and historian Øystein Morten embarks on a profound historical research journey, delving into various sources to uncover the biography of Norwegian King Sigurd I, the first Western king to participate in the Crusades against...

Flying to the horizon (Cristiano Ronaldo)

Establishment and Organization of Sharjah Police Force   The book documents the precise early stages of the emergence of the first organized police force in the Emirate of Sharjah.