Modern Society & Culture

ISBN: 9780954479275
Published by : Arabian Publishing Ltd
This is the exciting story of a forgotten war, fought out on the fringe of the great First World War campaigns. At its centre stands Sayyid Ahmad al-Sharif, the Grand Sanusi, a charismatic Arab leader caught between the rival war aims of the Turco... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780954479237
Published by : Arabian Publishing Ltd
Alan Villiers (1903-82), the Australian sailor and maritime historian, first made a name for himself as an adventurer in the 1920s and 1930s by combining his seafaring skills with his talent as a pioneering photojournalist. He visited Arabia in 19... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780954479244
Published by : Arabian Publishing Ltd
In the is political life of Mubarak Al-Sabah, ruler of Kuwait from 1896 to 1915, B. J. Slot examines his career in unsurpassed detail, analysing its significance and presenting a balanced assessment of the man and his achievement. In doing so, he ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780954479220
Published by : Arabian Publishing Ltd
Current troubles in the middle east have focused much international attention on Saudi Arabia. However, little has been published in English on the background to its culture and its roots in the First Saudi State that arose in 18th-century Najd (c... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780954479213
Published by : Arabian Publishing Ltd
Five experts in the field - Dr B. J. Slot, Dr Ulrich W. Haarmann, Prof. G. Bondarevsky, Dr Richard Schofield and Dr Suhail Shuhaiber - explore the historical, political and social processes governing the birth, survival, prosperity and ultimate so... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780954479206
Published by : Arabian Publishing Ltd
Born in Iraq in 1885, Jafar Pasha Al-Askari played a colourful part in the events that led to the collapse of the Ottoman Empire during the First World War, and in the foundation of modern Iraq in the 1920s and 1930s. These memoirs, published in E... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781900404211
Published by : Arabian Publishing Ltd
This biography of Sabah al-Salim Al- Sabah assesses his contribution to the political history of Kuwait. Relying on documents from the British and US archives, as well as frank reminiscences of former colleagues within Kuwait, it covers his entire... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781900404310
Published by : Arabian Publishing Ltd
During the late 1940s, British governance of the Western Aden Protectorate was being tentatively extended by a handful of hardy officials whose reputation for incorruptibility and even-handedness went before them.
Of these the young Nigel Gro... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781900404280
Published by : Arabian Publishing Ltd
Ever since Kuwait emerged in the 18th century as a young maritime state with an extreme dependence on the sea, it has been renowned for the consummate skills of its sailors and dhow-builders.
Kuwait's shipwrights became justly famed for the b... .... Learn More