New Arrivals

Reforming Islamic thought Critical historical analysis Author's name: Nasr Hamid Abu Zaid Fundamentalist and exclusionary trends have dominated most discussions of Islamic thought since the catastrophic events of September 11. In fact, these events have given extremists and fundamentalists a prominent position they could...

What is the use of the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics? Author: Ian Stewart This book raises an important question about the reason behind such a large gap between people's perceptions of mathematics and reality. It emphasizes that mathematics is vital and extremely useful, and...

Artificial Intelligence Ethics Author: Mark Kockelberg Artificial intelligence powers Google's search engine, enables Facebook to deliver targeted advertising, and lies behind self-driving cars and autonomous weapons. These and other AI applications raise complex ethical issues that are constantly under discussion. This book provides an...

Nanotechnology Very short introduction Author: Philip Moriarty What is nanotechnology? And how will it impact us in the future? This book introduces the fundamental scientific ideas, topics, and concepts that form the foundation of this field, including interatomic and intermolecular forces, single-atom imaging, quantum...

The Phantom Tiger Exploring the world of numbers Author: Michael Blastland, Andrew Dilnot Life is all about numbers: public spending, the number of victims of environmental disasters, the number of rich and poor, the number of people infected with AIDS or victims of war,...

water Very short introduction Author: John Finney Water is the basis of life on planet Earth. It is the dominant liquid on its surface, and it exhibits strange and unusual behaviors. This book, part of the Very Short Introduction series, presents the scientific foundations...

Nihilism Author: Nolen Geertz Is nihilism the lack of belief in anything, or the belief that our beliefs lead to nothing? The concept of nihilism is ambiguous for most of us, as we often associate it with destruction and violence. To clarify the origins...

physical chemistry Very short introduction Author: Peter Atkins Physical chemistry is undoubtedly a very important field, especially with the development of many new and exciting areas of research, including computational chemistry, nano and smart materials, and applications of the recently discovered graphene. This branch...

Confucianism Very short introduction Author Name: Daniel K. Gardner Understanding the nature of China is necessarily linked to understanding Confucianism. The teachings of Confucius, first formulated in the sixth century BC, have dominated Chinese society, politics, economics, and ethics. This Very Short Introduction surveys...

agnosticism Very short introduction Author's name: Robin Le Poidevan What is agnosticism? How did it develop? Who were the first to call themselves "agnostics"? Agnosticism is a more complex position than simply not adhering to or rejecting religious belief, and this book, "A Very...

A New Look at the Qur’an: Towards a Human Interpretation Author's name: Nasr Hamid Abu Zaid Since the reign of the Abbasid Caliph al-Mutawakkil, more than 11 centuries ago, the debate on the nature of the Qur'an has been closed in favor of the...

Dragon Veils Author's name: Fathi Al-Maskini "It is precisely in this context that we should apply Hobbes's statement that the state is a dragon, and thus resembles a 'mortal god'... What concerns us here, from the perspective of the relationship between war and the...

The philosophy of small things Author's name: Fathi Al-Maskini This book not only poses this question, which has preoccupied philosophers since Plato, but also places it under the philosopher's scalpel and begins to dissect smallness and its significance in different cultures, emphasizing that the...

Search for extraterrestrial life Author Name: Wade Roche Are we alone in the universe? If not, where are the others? Is there life, intelligent or otherwise, on other planets? Everything we know about how planets form and the origins of life suggests that human...

Basic Knowledge Series happiness Author Name: Tim Lomas What does it mean to be happy? Happiness as a state of mind is perhaps both enigmatic and elusive, and the concept of happiness remains largely unclear, despite much written about it. In this book from...

If a publisher were to declare that their translation is the best Arabic translation of "A Tale of Two Cities" to date, then we, at Afaq Publishing and Distribution in Cairo, declare that this is the most faithful, complete, and accurate Arabic translation of...

History of Science 1543 - 2001 Author: John Gribbin Dear reader, here is a complete history of science and scientists, written from the perspective of a professional scientific researcher—as the author describes himself, though he is one of the greatest and most famous science...

atomic bomb The Secret History: The First Physics Wars 1939-1949 Author: Jim Bagot This book takes us on an exciting and terrifying journey at the same time. A realistic human drama that surpasses all the imaginations of writers and artists, it offers us a...

Virtues of the Gnostics 1 In explaining the conditions of our master Jalaluddin Rumi Author's name: Shams al-Din Ahmad al-Aflaki al-Arifi Shams al-Din Ahmad al-Aflaki al-Arifi, in the year 718 AH, wrote his book “Manaqib al-Arifin” in response to the desire of his Sheikh...

The Mathnawi consists of anecdotes, jokes, and stories from the Qur'an, Hadith, and daily events. These stories relate morals, lessons, or sermons, and are thus based on Sufi values and beliefs, unlike Rumi's Diwan.