History & geography corner

Jews of the Arab World: Claims of Persecution Author: Zubaida Mohammed Atta     In this new work, Dr. Zubaida continues her important and in-depth intellectual and historical project on Jewish thought and its history, analyzing its ideas and projects, and, with the eye...

Bint Al-Basha Author Name: Nourhan Allam     Bint Al-Basha, the flower of Muhammad Ali and Egyptian society in the nineteenth century. When history becomes an incomplete story, the novel comes to complete it.      

Heavenly Fees Author Name: Omnia Salah     When stone transforms into memory, and the wall bears witness to what remained unwritten.        

Reconstruction of Hiroshima Author: Maher El-Sherbiny     Many cities are destroyed by wars, and others by natural disasters, but their future depends on how their people rise up to rebuild them. From this perspective, the question arises... How did the people of Hiroshima...

Pizza: History and Tales Author: Luca Cesari     We all love pizza, but have we ever wondered where the idea came from?    

The Philosophy of Ottoman History   Author: Mohamed Jamil Beyhum     This book offers an unconventional perspective on the history of the Ottoman Empire, employing a rigorous analytical approach. It delves into the objective internal and external factors that enabled a small, unknown...

The Christianity of My Mother and the Christianity of the West   Author: Munir Jameel Fasha     He talks about the beauty of the civilization related to Arab Christianity, with its concepts and practices as he inherited them from his mother and other...

The Detailed History of Jerusalem   Author: Aref al-Aref     The book "The Detailed History of Jerusalem" reviews the city's history from its founding by the Jebusites until the modern era. The book takes the reader on a journey through time, emphasizing that...

The Heart of Arabia   Author: Fouad Hamza     "The Heart of Arabia" is one of the most prominent references in the modern history and geography of the Arabian Peninsula. This work was authored by Fouad Hamza, a diplomat and historian who lived...

The Arabian Peninsula: Homeland of the Arabs   Author: Mustafa Murad Al-Dabbagh     "The Arabian Peninsula: Homeland of the Arabs" is a monumental work that provides an in-depth look at the ancient cradle of the Arab people. The book describes the Arabian Peninsula...

Saladin and the Fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem   Author: Stanley Lane-Poole   Sultan al-Nasir Salah al-Din remains an icon for the West even before the East; his ethics preceded his weapons, making his weapons themselves ethical! He reigned with forgiveness as his...

The Arabic Language is a Living Organism   Author: Jurji Zaydan     In his book "The Arabic Language is a Living Organism," Jurji Zaydan presents an extensive study of the history of the Arabic language and the evolution of its vocabulary and structures...

Author: Adolf Hitler "Mein Kampf" is not merely a recounting of events by an ordinary man in his memoirs; rather, it is the life story of a man who entered history through its widest gates, becoming one of its great figures. Hitler intended for...

Ten Mistakes That Changed History Author: Salah El Shahawy     History is not something written once, but rather material written hundreds of times and constantly rewritten, either due to the emergence of new information about any page of history or due to developments...

The Oil Author: Ahmed Al-Ali     This book was published to mark the centenary of Ameen Rihani's "Makers of Modern Arabia," offering a new perspective on history as a vibrant, living experience, not merely a collection of narrated events. It presents a tapestry...

Groppi: A Window into Egypt   Author: Maysoon Saqr The book represents a research journey that began with a personal passion for the history of a place that appears as an icon in the tales of intellectuals. The journey continued for nearly ten years,...

Granada After the Fall   Author: Ahmed Rashed bin Fahad

Israel: The Beginning and the End Author: Mustafa Mahmoud   Israel acts as if it is dealing with zeros and expands as if it is frolicking in a vacuum. This collective absence of an Arab stance will have dire consequences, and scattered, individual Arab...

The Greats of This World and the Greats of the Hereafter Author: Mustafa Mahmoud   The book begins with a poetic play with a Sufi sensibility, inspired by the literature of the Sufi master Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi. It then moves on to describe the...

Palestine in the Clutches of Colonialism Author: Ahmed Sadiq Saad   "Palestine in the Clutches of Colonialism" by the militant and thinker "Ahmed Sadiq Saad," analyzes the historical and political circumstances that led to Palestine falling "into the clutches" of British colonialism and its...