Middle East

The Middle East (also called the Mid East) is a transcontinental region centered on Western Asia.

The term "Middle East" usually includes the Levant countries (Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Palestinian territories), the Arabian Gulf countries (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Yemen), Egypt, Iraq, Iran, and Turkey. Some definitions may include the Maghreb (Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia), Afghanistan, Pakistan, and/or Cyprus.

The corresponding adjective is Middle-Eastern and the derived noun is Middle-Easterner. Formerly, the Eurocentric synonym Near East (as oppo ...more

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A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East

The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017

The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11

All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror

Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly, and the Making of the Modern Middle East

I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East (Vintage)

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Lists

Perking the Pansies - Jack and Liam move to Turkey by Jack Scott

LGBT in the Middle East

65 books — 70 voters

Women of Sand and Myrrh by Hanan Al-Shaykh

A Caravan of Brides by Kay Hardy Campbell

Books Set in the Middle East

55 books — 26 voters

Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder

International development

228 books — 217 voters

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappé

The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi

Best Books about Palestine (fiction and nonfiction)

269 books — 182 voters

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid

Fiction About Life In The Middle East

80 books — 61 voters

Your Pro-Israel Bookshelf by Neville Teller

Books Set in Israel

283 books — 98 voters

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Quotes Tagged “Middle East”

“ America could leave the Middle East, thought Gabriel, but the Middle East would follow it home. ”
― Daniel Silva

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“ “Yes, well, I thought you should see it. The cover page is in Arabic scribblin’, but the next hundred-plus pages are in five sections, and in English. I can’t for the life of me figure out what to make of it. This appears to be more American, and it seems to be a kind of scientific material. Have a look at it and let me know what to tell the boys in Z-land, ”
― Karl Braungart, Fatal Identity

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