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We would like to invite you to visit our bookshop
and our website" Al Bustan Lil Kutub"were you will most probably
find your choice of books ranging from current events, Middle
East Politics, Palestine, International Affairs, History,
Travel, Social sciences, Anthropology Gender, Culture, Religion,
Islam, Novels by Arab and world known writers - A wide range of
Arabic Books,as well as Newspapers & Magazines.
Al - Bustan is
ready to order books which are not available at the moment.
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you at AL - BUSTAN very soon
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YASIR
ARAFAT / A Political Biography
By : Barry Rubin and Judith Colp
Rubin
Publication : 2003
Pages :354 HC
Price:35.000 JD
In this sober account, two
veteran writers on the Middle East (The Transformation of
Palestinian Politics) catalogue Arafat's career from his student
days in Cairo through his years as the head of a violent nationalist
movement, to his surprising emergence as the internationally
respected leader of the Palestinian people. The authors offer strong
evidence not only that Arafat has a long history of duplicity, but
more interestingly, that he has repeatedly made gross errors of
judgment. He got his organization "kicked from Amman to Beirut and
then to Tunis" for stirring up trouble in his host countries, sided
with Saddam Hussein in the 1991 Gulf War, and has consistently made
military miscalculations, as he did in 1970 against Jordan's King
Hussein. The writers sometimes stray from their lawyerly tone, most
speciously when they attempt to connect both Arafat and Iran to the
al-Qaeda terrorist network. Suggesting that Iran (the source of arms
bought by Arafat) is "allies to a degree with the forces of Usama
bin Ladin" without so much as a footnote undermines their
credibility somewhat, but does not alter their central point-that
Arafat is a bad leader and a worse peace partner. The authors argue
that Arafat retains behind-the-scenes power, but with Prime Minister
Mahmoud Abbas sworn in, Arafat's perceived importance may be waning.
A useful chronology and glossary of names and political movements is
provided.
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Peace For Palestine / First Lost
Opportunity
By : Elmer Berger
Publication date :1993
Pages :278 HC
Price 55.000 JD
This is a work of genuine discovery
that uses both the methods and sources of first-rate scholarship. It
is a valuable addition to the " new thinking" about the Middle East,
(although) there are many who will refute its contribution without
so much a a glance at its first page because it was written by Elmer
Berger. The loss is theirs. Who will fain are those, like Elmer
Berger himself, with an open mind and a willingness to become
familiar with new perspectives on an ancient controversy.''
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Syria and the Palestinians /
The Clash of Nationalism
By: Ghada Hashem Talhami
Publication date:2001
Pages :255 HC
Price :55.000JD
This timely study of Arab and
Palestinian nationalism offers a penetrating look at the soul of
Syria, the loyalties of other Arabs, and issues related to the
strategic control of neighboring lands since 1948. Ghada Talhami
delineates the phases of the Syrian-Palestinian relationship
following the ideological transformations of Palestinian
leadership under Haj Amin al-Husseini, Shuqeiry, Habash, and
Arafat.
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The Other Israel: Voices of Refusal & Dissent
Editor: Roane Carey & Jonathan Shanin –
Publication
date :2002
Pages
: 224 HC
Price: 25.000 JD
These essays are an urgent and passionate intervention by Israeli
citizens challenging the continued occupation of Palestinian
territory and the failed policies of Ariel Sharon's government.
Against a backdrop of increasing violence on both sides, the book
presents a broad range of dissenting voices that articulate
practical, legal and moral objections to the occupation. Written
from within the throes of the unfolding tragedy, it incldues
contributions from journalists, novelists, activists, military
reservists and high-profile international figures such as Daniel
Barenboim, who aim to challenge perceptions of public opinion in
Israel and the outlook for peace in the Middle East.
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Israel & Palestine Why They Fight & Can They Stop?
By Bernard Wasserstein -
Publication date : 2003
Pages :
256 PB
Price:15.00
JD
A new interpretation of the historical
and contemporary realities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Bernard Wasserstein challenges the conventional view of the struggle
as driven primarily by irrational, nationalist and religious
ideologies. Instead he focuses on hitherto relatively neglected
dimensions -- population, land, labour, and the social dynamics of
political change. He maintains that Israelis and Palestinians live
today in 'Siamese twin societies'. However much they may wish to,
neither side can escape the impinging presence and influence of the
other. In spite of the current diplomatic impasse and continuing
bloodshed and hate-mongering, Wasserstein offers a realistic and
persuasive basis for optimism. He argues that demographic, economic
and social imperatives are driving the two sides willy-nilly towards
some form of symbiosis and accommodation. This startlingly original
view of relations between Jews and Arabs in Palestine and Israel
over the past century offers hope for the success of current efforts
towards peace in the Middle East
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The Invention of Ancient Israel the Silencing of Palestinian History
By Keith Whitelam
Published
: 1997
Pages:
Price: 34.500
JD
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Righteous Victims: A history of the Zionist -Arab Conflict
1881-2001
By Benny Morris
Publication date :2002
Pages:768 PB
Price :20.00 JD
Benny Morris one of the (Revisionists) describes in
this book the
Jewish settlements in Palestine and the Arab resistance before the
war of 1948 and after the establishment of the state of Israel. He
examines the peace process and the Second Palestinian Intifada.
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Operation Defensive Shield Witnesses To
Israeli War Crimes
Edited by Muna Hamzeh and Todd May
Published: 2003
Pages: 199 PB
Price : 24.00 JD |
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BETWEEN MEMORY AND DESIRE
The Middle East in a Troubled Age
By:
R. Stephen Humphreys
Published :1999
Pages :197 PB
Price :10.000 JD |
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The Politics of
Christian Zionism 1891-1948
By : Paul C. Merkley
Published : 1998
Pages : 233 PB
Price : 29.000 JD |
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The Politics Of Dispossession
By Edward W. Said
Pubished
:1993
Pages :448 PB
Rrice:18.000 JD |
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The Transformation of Palestinian Politics
By Barry Rubin
Published :1999
Pages:
Price: 21.500 JD |
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PALESTINE and the PALESTINIANS
By : SAMIH K.FARSOUN with CHRISTINA E. ZACHARIA
Published: 1997
Pages:375 PB
Price :26.00 JD
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The Palestinians in
Search of a Just Peace
By : Cheryl A. Rubenberg
Published : 2003
Pages: 485 PB
Price: 20.000JD |
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Too Many Enemies: The Palestinian Experience
in Lebanon
By Rosemary Sayigh
Published :1994
Pages:- 369 PB
Price : 21.500 JD |
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The Palestinian Liberation Organization
Helena Cobban
Published: 1992
Pages : 305 PB
Price :35.000 JD |
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| Israel, Palestinians and the
Intifada
Creating Facts of the West Bank
By
Geoffrey Aronson
Published
: 1990
Pages :376
HC
Price
:110.000 JD |
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The TRANSFER AGREEMENT
The Dramatic Story of the Pact Between The Third Reich an Jewish
Palestine
By Edwin Black
Published :2002
Pages :430 PB
Price : 18.000 JD |
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