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Gaza

A History

By: Jean-Pierre Filiu

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Jean-Pierre Filiu's book is the first comprehensive history of Gaza in any language. Through its millennium-long existence, Gaza has often been bitterly disputed while simultaneously and paradoxically enduring prolonged neglect. The endurance of Gaza and the Palestinians make the publication of Gaza: A History both timely and significant.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0190201894

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9780190201890

Gaza, NEW EDITION

A History

By: Jean-Pierre Filiu

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A History

By: Jean-Pierre Filiu

Through its millennium-long existence, Gaza has often been bitterly disputed, yet enduringly neglected. Squeezed between the Negev and Sinai deserts and the Mediterranean Sea, Gaza was contested by everyone from the Pharaohs, Persians, Greeks and Romans to the Arabs, Crusaders, Ottomans and British. And, since 1948, Gaza has been at the heart of Palestinian nationalism and history. Filiu’s book was the first comprehensive history of Gaza to be published in any language. This new, updated edition covers events since 2011, including Gaza’s renewed tragic centrality to world politics and security since the events of October 2023: history’s worst attack on Israel, provoking history’s worst war against the Palestinians.

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Hurst Publishers

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1805261983

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9781805261988

From Deep State to Islamic State

The Arab Counter-Revolution and its Jihadi Legacy

By: Jean-Pierre Filiu

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From Deep State to Islamic State

The Arab Counter-Revolution and its Jihadi Legacy

By: Jean-Pierre Filiu

In his disturbing and timely book Jean-Pierre Filiu lays bare the strategies and tactics employed by the Middle Eastern autocracies, above all those of Syria, Egypt, Yemen and Algeria, that set out to crush the democratic uprisings of the 'Arab Revolution.' In pursuit of these goals they turned to the intelligence agencies and internal security arms of the 'deep state,' the armed forces, and to street gangs such as the Shabiha to enforce their will. Alongside physical intimidation, imprisonment and murder, Arab counter-revolutionaries discredited and split their opponents by boosting Salafi-Jihadi groups such as Islamic State. They also released from prison hardline Islamists and secretly armed and funded them. The full potential of the Arab counter-revolution surprised most observers, who thought they had seen it all from the Arab despots: their perversity, their brutality, their voracity. But the wider world underestimated their ferocious readiness literally to burn down their countries in order to cling to absolute power. Bashar al-Assad clambered to the top of this murderous class of tyrants, driving nearly half of the Syrian population in to exile and executing tens of thousands of his opponents. He has set a grisly precedent, one that other Arab autocrats are sure to follow in their pursuit of absolute power.

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Oxford University Press

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0190613297

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9780190613297

Best of Enemies

A History of US and Middle East Relations, Part One: 1783-1953

By: Jean-Pierre Filiu

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Best of Enemies

A History of US and Middle East Relations, Part One: 1783-1953

By: Jean-Pierre Filiu

In graphic novel format, covers the history of foreign relations between the United States and the Middle East, from 1783 to 1953.

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Harry N. Abrams

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1906838453

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9781906838454

Gaza

By: Jean-Pierre Filiu

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Gaza

By: Jean-Pierre Filiu

Through its millennium–long existence, Gaza has often been bitterly disputed while simultaneously and paradoxically enduring prolonged neglect. Jean-Pierre Filiu’s book is the first comprehensive history of Gaza in any language. Squeezed between the Negev and Sinai deserts on the one hand and the Mediterranean Sea on the other, Gaza was contested by the Pharaohs, the Persians, the Greeks, the Romans, the Byzantines, the Arabs, the Fatimids, the Mamluks, the Crusaders and the Ottomans. Napoleon had to secure it in 1799 to launch his failed campaign on Palestine. In 1917, the British Empire fought for months to conquer Gaza, before establishing its mandate on Palestine. In 1948, 200,000 Palestinians sought refuge in Gaza, a marginal area neither Israel nor Egypt wanted. Palestinian nationalism grew there, and Gaza has since found itself at the heart of Palestinian history. It is in Gaza that the fedayeen movement arose from the ruins of Arab nationalism. It is in Gaza that the 1967 Israeli occupation was repeatedly challenged, until the outbreak of the 1987 intifada. And it is in Gaza, in 2007, that the dream of Palestinian statehood appeared to have been shattered by the split between Fatah and Hamas. The endurance of Gaza and the Palestinians make the publication of this history both timely and significant.

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Hurst Publishers

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1805261509

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9781805261506

The Arab Revolution

Ten Lessons from the Democratic Uprising

By: Jean-Pierre Filiu

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The Arab Revolution

Ten Lessons from the Democratic Uprising

By: Jean-Pierre Filiu

First published in the United Kingdom in 2011 by C. Hurst & Co."--T.p. verso.

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Oxford University Press

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0199898294

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9780199898299

Apocalypse in Islam

By: Jean-Pierre Filiu

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Apocalypse in Islam

By: Jean-Pierre Filiu

This is an eye-opening exploration of a troubling phenomenon: the fast-growing belief in Muslim countries that the end of the world is at hand. Jean-Pierre Filiu uncovers the role of apocalypse in Islam over the centuries, and highlights its extraordinary resurgence in recent decades.

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Univ of California Press

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0520264312

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9780520264311

Best of Enemies

A History of US and Middle East Relations, Part Three: 1984-2013

By: Jean-Pierre Filiu

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Best of Enemies

A History of US and Middle East Relations, Part Three: 1984-2013

By: Jean-Pierre Filiu

In the third volume of their graphic history of US and Middle East relations, Jean-Pierre Filiu and David B. cover the tumultuous period that began with Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990 and ended with Obama's decision, in 2013, not to intervene in Syria. Taking in the First Gulf War, the rise of al-Qaeda, the military response to the September 11 attacks and the present conflict in Syria, Best of Enemies: Part Threeis propelled by a clash between four US presidents and their Middle Eastern antagonists: on the one hand, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama; on the other, Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden and Bashar al-Assad. Covering thirty years of conflict and diplomacy, Best of Enemies: Part Threeis a breezy and engaging guide to the events that shaped our current politics, from the rise of populism and the so-called Islamic State to the global refugee crisis.

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SelfMadeHero

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1910593451

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9781910593455

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