Palestine: A Four Thousand Year HistoryThis rich and magisterial work traces Palestine's millennia old heritage, uncovering cultures and societies of astounding depth and complexity that stretch back to the very beginnings of recorded history. Starting with the earliest references in Egyptian and Assyrian texts, Nur Masalha explores how Palestine and its Palestinian identity have evolved over thousands of years, from the Bronze Age to the present day. Drawing on a rich body of sources and

Servants of Allah—a Choice 1999 Outstanding Academic Title—illuminates the role of Islam in the lives of both individual practitioners and communities

The first treatise

The Art of Being Human

finished the Venture of Islam after the author's death and saw it through to publication

Fueled by her faith and her determination

In this book

Eliot's large cast of precisely delineated characters and the rich tapestry of their stories result in a wise

Islamic civilization entered a decline while Europe began its overseas expansion

the message of the One God was proclaimed to the people of Arabia in the seventh century

while his verse translations restore the beauty and power of Boethius’s poetry

leaving the rest of the pendant engraved with the meaningful verse

and death of Julius Caesar in a tottering republic