All new Middle East Studies books are now published under the Bloomsbury Academic brand 📘 Going forward, this account will no longer be promoting new Middle East Studies titles 🛑 Please follow @bloomsburypol.bsky.social for updates on all new Politics & Area Studies books, incl #MiddleEast 🗺️ 📚

NEWS: From 1 March 2026, all new Middle East Studies books will publish under the Bloomsbury Academic brand. This change will bring Bloomsbury’s expanded global Area Studies publishing programme under one unified name, building on the I.B. Tauris, Zed and R&L legacies. Learn more: bit.ly/IBT-FAQs

💡 NEW RESEARCH 💡 Looking Back: Armenian Emigrants, Nationalism & Modern Turkey by Yesim Bayar www.bloomsbury.com/9780755654666 The Hizmet Movement in Exile: Refugees of Turkey's Purge by Sophia Pandya www.bloomsbury.com/9780755654963 #Armenia #Turkey #Refugees #Nationalism #MiddleEast 📚️

📢 ANZ customers! Until 28th February, academic books are 20% off on the AU website to help you prepare for the new academic year. From study guides to research works, these titles will keep your teaching current and students engaged. Shop the sale: www.bloomsbury.com/au/discover/...

OUT NOW #OpenAccess Realizing Saudi #Vision2030: Governance, Institutions & Human Capital Development edited by Mark C. Thompson An investigation into #SaudiArabia's transformations inc. remodelling government entities, creation of institutions + more. www.bloomsbury.com/9780755653461

Today is the day! The story of Imad is now officially out in the world. So excited and humbled by all those who helped along the way. Link for ordering below 😍😍😍 www.bloomsbury.com/us/beirut-ra...

Join author Alyson Wharton-Durgaryan for a talk on Armenian history, culture, heritage, identity, art and architecture - based on her book 'Forms of Belonging'. 📍 Centre for #Armenian Information & Advice, #London ⏰ 1:30pm, Sun 1st March 🎟️ caia.org.uk/places-and-f... #OttomanEmpire #Architecture 🕌

📖 New #OpenAccess book 📖 The 44-Day War: #Armenia, #Azerbaijan, and the Struggle for Nagorno-Karabakh edited by Vicken Cheterian Examines the causes and consequences of the Second #NagornoKarabakh War & the future of Armenian-Azerbaijani relations. www.bloomsbury.com/9780755653461

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OUT NOW Al-Qaida after 9/11: The #WarOnTerror and the Decade of Demise by Anne Likuski The first book to analyse the inner workings of #AlQaida through the eyes of its mid-level leaders when communications with Osama bin Laden were slow or absent. www.bloomsbury.com/9780755648573

The Brass Band of the King: Armenians in Ethiopia by Boris Adjemian is selected as one of two winners of the 2025 Dr. Sona Aronian Book Prize for Excellence in #ArmenianStudies Out now in paperback: www.bloomsbury.com/9780755648450 Find out more about the prize: naasr.org/blogs/news/n...

Here is my interview for the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social with Sary Zananiri @ibtauris.bsky.social discussing his latest book Photographing Biblical Modernity newbooksnetwork.com/photographin...

"A significant achievement.. integrate[s] historical depth, conceptual clarity & contemporary strategic dilemmas... clear-eyed understanding of the forces shaping Tehran's choices" - @MiddleEastJrnl reviews Decoding Iran's Foreign Policy Get a copy: www.bloomsbury.com/9780755646050 #Iran #Politics

Join author Alyson Wharton-Durgaryan for a talk on Armenian history, culture, heritage, identity, art and architecture - based on her book 'Forms of Belonging'. 📍 Centre for #Armenian Information & Advice, #London ⏰ 1:30pm, Sun 1st March 🎟️ caia.org.uk/places-and-f... #OttomanEmpire #Architecture 🕌

OUT NOW ISIS: The March to Dystopia “The most comprehensive and complete treatment of the topic to date [...] in greater depth and clarity than any other book before it.” - Professor Ahmed S. Hashim, Deakin University, Australia www.bloomsbury.com/9780755659005 #Syria #Iraq #ISIS

📢 Join @LSEMiddleEast for the launch of 'Governance of Resistance in North & East Syria: The Experience of #Rojava' feat. a panel discussion on the book & the recent developments in north and east #Syria ⏰ Tues 10 Feb, 5-6pm 📍 #LSE, #London & Online 🎟️ www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-...

OUT NOW ISIS: The March to Dystopia “Masterfully unpacks the sociopolitical underpinnings of ISIS, melding historical nuance with analytical depth” - Professor Omar Ashour, Doha Institute, Qatar www.bloomsbury.com/9780755659005 #Syria #Iraq #ISIS

What does it really mean to make knowledge accessible? Join our #OpenAccess authors for a discussion about how open scholarship can broaden access to research. Register for free: https://bit.ly/4iXRKO6 #AcademicPublishing

A better way to browse. Discover the great books coming out between now and March through the new catalog. 📚 https://bit.ly/4q1uW2a 💙 #AcademicPublishing #AcademicSky #Library

📢 Join @LSEMiddleEast for the launch of 'Governance of Resistance in North & East Syria: The Experience of #Rojava' feat. a panel discussion on the book & the recent developments in north and east #Syria ⏰ Tues 10 Feb, 5-6pm 📍 #LSE, #London & Online 🎟️ www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-...

NEW RESEARCH - Available to read #OpenAccess Photographing Biblical Modernity: Frank Scholten in British Mandate Palestine www.bloomsbury.com/9780755650538 #Palestine #Photography #History

Join author Alyson Wharton-Durgaryan for a talk on Armenian history, culture, heritage, identity, art and architecture - based on her book 'Forms of Belonging'. 📍 Centre for #Armenian Information & Advice, #London ⏰ 1:30pm, Sun 1st March 🎟️ caia.org.uk/places-and-f... #OttomanEmpire #Architecture 🕌

NEW RESEARCH The Kurds of Central Anatolia: The History, Identity and Future of a Forgotten People www.bloomsbury.com/9780755655779 Ronald Storrs: Governing British Jerusalem www.bloomsbury.com/9780755653409 #KurdishStudies #Jerusalem #Colonialism #Occupation #BritishEmpire

OUT NOW The I.B. Tauris Handbook to Gendering the Cultural Histories of the Modern Arab World Demonstrates how the cultural histories of the #MiddleEast can be rewritten to prioritise lived realities and female voices & perspectives. 📕 www.bloomsbury.com/978075564825 #GenderStudies

NEW RESEARCH Scent, Colour and Glitter in the Ancient World bloomsbury.com/9780755656820 Forms of Belonging bloomsbury.com/9780755655076 Balkan Muslims and the Middle East bloomsbury.com/9780755646845 Governance of Resistance in North and East Syria bloomsbury.com/9780755654918 #MiddleEast #Books

OUT NOW ISIS: The March to Dystopia The most comprehensive study of ISIS to date, benefitting from Arabic sources previously unavailable to an English-speaking audience -- by renowned scholar and political philosopher, Azmi Bishara. www.bloomsbury.com/9780755659005 #Syria #Iraq #ISIS

OUT NOW Israel and the #Gaza Strip since 1967: A History of #Occupation, Domination and Unilateralism by Trude Strand Based on official Israeli records, leaked documents, and international media, Strand interrogates pivotal moments in Israeli policymaking. www.bloomsbury.com/9780755656172 #Israel

Now available #OpenAccess 📖 A Companion to Muslim Cultures Looks at how culture shapes every aspect of the relationship between God and the believer in Islam - as well as among believers, and with those beyond the fold. www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do... #IslamicStudies #MuslimCultures

Now available #OpenAccess 📖 Spiritual Resurrection in Shi'i Islam: An Early Ismaili Treatise on the Doctrine of Qiyamat A new Persian edition and English translation of the Haft bāb by Ḥasan-i Maḥmūd-i Kātib www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do... #IslamicStudies #IsmailiStudies

'With Bahram Beizai's death, Iranian cinema is orphaned' writes Hamid Dabashi for Middle East Eye 🗞️ www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/bahr... Learn more about the great Bahram Beyzaie's life and work in these books by Dr Saeed Talajooy: bit.ly/3YUvjQy 📖 #Iran #Cinema #Theatre 🎭

OUT NOW - a new I.B. Tauris Handbook for your library 📚 The I.B. Tauris Handbook of the Late Ottoman Empire: History & Legacy edited by Hans-Lukas Kieser & Khatchig Mouradian 📗 www.bloomsbury.com/978075564435 #Ottoman & find more handbooks in the series: www.bloomsbury.com/series/i-b-t... ✍️ 📖

OUT NOW Beirut Radical: A Global Microhistory from the Sixties to the Lebanese Civil War by Dylan Baun A meditation on the intimate, the personal, the ethics, and the micro-level of history covering the global '60s, the war, and its aftermath. www.bloomsbury.com/9780755655281 #Lebanon #MiddleEast

Poetry has played a major role in the historical Iranian cultural imagination. How have 20th century #Persian poets contributed to this? ✍️ Find out in 'Imagine a Nation: Six Persian Poets in Search of a Homeland' by Hamid Dabashi - OUT NOW www.bloomsbury.com/imagine-a-na... #Poetry #Iran #Politics

"A timely read which dissects the imperialist politics and rightly shows that the Palestinian struggle is not just against Israel but the prevailing European colonial framework" - @thenewarab.bsky.social on 'Recognition Politics in Settler Colonial States' www.newarab.com/features/unp... #Palestine

Had a blast at MESA, including our panel on “Empire in Low Places!” Also guess what I found at the book exhibit—it’s alive! Out in the UK this Thursday and Feb 19 in the US! @ibtauris.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

NEWS: From 1 March 2026, all new Middle East Studies books will publish under the Bloomsbury Academic brand. This change will bring Bloomsbury’s expanded global Area Studies publishing programme under one unified name, building on the I.B. Tauris, Zed and R&L legacies. Learn more: bit.ly/IBT-FAQs

NEW RESEARCH Climate Policy & Politics in the Middle East: Environmental, Economic & Political Challenges bit.ly/44waoXi Empire of Officials: Christians & Jews in the #Ottoman Bureaucracy bit.ly/4rAhDHO #ClimateChange #Environment #Politics #MiddleEast

Our holiday sale ends soon! Get 30% off hundreds of books until midnight on Sunday 🎁 Shop now 📚 UK & Europe 👉 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/discover/academic-christmas-sale US 👉 www.bloomsbury.com/us/discover/academic-holiday-sale CA 👉 www.bloomsbury.com/ca/discover/academic-holiday-sale

NEW RESEARCH Rethinking Islamic Politics in Tunisia https://bit.ly/4pjgd2Y Commemorating the Armenian Genocide https://bit.ly/442IbY5 Arrested Movement in the Middle East https://bit.ly/4pGZeHx #Armenia #Tunisia #MiddleEast #Politics #Palestine #Genocide

Poetry has played a major role in the historical Iranian cultural imagination. How have 20th century #Persian poets contributed to this? ✍️ Find out in 'Imagine a Nation: Six Persian Poets in Search of a Homeland' by Hamid Dabashi - OUT NOW www.bloomsbury.com/imagine-a-na... #Poetry #Iran #Politics

Christoph Baumer discusses the findings in his new book, based on decades of fieldwork exploring #RockArt across the globe – from the Sahara to Central #Asia & the Arabian Peninsula – read the interview on @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social blog 📖 www.bloomsbury.com/discover/blo... #History #Archaeology 🌍

📣 Want to learn about #Uzbekistan but don't want to leave the house? ☔️ Luckily, tomorrow evening’s Reading Room discussion with @joannalillis.bsky.social hosted by Sophie Ibbotson at @asianaffairs.bsky.social is online! Book your free spot now 👇 🎟️ bit.ly/435Ov0n #SilkMirage

Don't miss our holiday sale! Get 30% off hundreds of books until Sunday 7th Dec 🎁 Start browsing 📚 UK & Europe 👉 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/discover/academic-christmas-sale US 👉 www.bloomsbury.com/us/discover/academic-holiday-sale CA 👉 www.bloomsbury.com/ca/discover/academic-holiday-sale

"A timely read which dissects the imperialist politics and rightly shows that the Palestinian struggle is not just against Israel but the prevailing European colonial framework" - @thenewarab.bsky.social on 'Recognition Politics in Settler Colonial States' www.newarab.com/features/unp... #Palestine

NEW RESEARCH Performance Activism in the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa & Beyond by Joseph Alagha Examines social practice manifestations of performance activism among contemporary Islamic movements in the MENA and beyond. www.bloomsbury.com/9781666975383 #MiddleEast #Activism

🎟️ EVENT 🎟️ Join author Ann Wilks for a special lecture on the subject of her book 'Britain’s Man on the Spot in Iraq and Afghanistan: Government and Diplomacy by Sir Henry Dobbs at the Apex of Empire'. ⏰ Tues 25 Nov, 11:30am, #London 🎟️

OUT NOW Rock Art and its Legacy in Myth and Art: Petroglyphs from Eurasia, Arabia and Northern Africa by Christoph Baumer & Therese Weber Vividly illustrated with 340 colour images & 10 maps, this is a celebration of the legacy of #petroglyphs. https://bit.ly/486k1wV #RockArt

Join Emile Badarin for an event at @soasuni.bsky.social - using #Palestine as case study, his book 'Recognition Politics in Settler Colonial States' shows how recognition politics operate to legitimise long-standing colonial power structures. ⏰ 5:30pm TODAY, #SOAS 🎟️

Join author Emile Badarin to discuss his new book on settler colonialism in #Palestine, in conversation with Prof Alan Lester next week. ⏰ 3pm, Weds 26 Nov 📍 #Brighton, Uni of #Sussex 🎟️ www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen... #Israel #SettlerColonialism #Dispossession #Gaza #WestBank

Our holiday sale is here! Get 30% off hundreds of books until Sunday 7th Dec 🎁 Start browsing 📚 UK & Europe 👉 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/discover/academic-christmas-sale US 👉 www.bloomsbury.com/us/discover/academic-holiday-sale CA 👉 www.bloomsbury.com/ca/discover/academic-holiday-sale