Middle East Geography Books

New and Published Books

1. An Atlas of Middle Eastern Affairs

   2nd Edition

   By Ewan W. Anderson, Liam D. Anderson

   This revised and updated version of An Atlas of Middle Eastern Affairs provides accessible, concisely written entries on the most important current issues in the Middle East, combining maps with their geopolitical background. Offering a clear context for analysis of key concerns, it includes...

   Published September 9th 2013 by Routledge
2. People-to-People Diplomacy in Israel and Palestine

   The Minds of Peace Experiment

   Edited by Sapir Handelman

   The Minds of Peace Experiment is a small-scale Israeli-Palestinian public negotiating congress. The exercise invites Israeli and Palestinian delegations to publicly negotiate solutions to their struggle over a limited period of sessions. The initiative is designed to demonstrate the peacemaking...

   Published May 30th 2013 by Routledge
3. The Golan Heights

   Political History, Settlement and Geography since 1949

   By Yigal Kipnis

   Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics

   Presenting the settlement landscape of the Golan before and after June 1967, The Golan Heights deals with the issue of the border between Israel and Syria, and with the Israeli settlement process in the area following the Six Day War. The story of the Golan Heights and its position between Syria...

   Published April 15th 2013 by Routledge
4. The Middle East (Routledge Revivals)

   A Physical, Social and Regional Geography

   By W. B. Fisher

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   In this comprehensive study, first published in 1950, Professor Fisher examines all the principal elements – physical and human – that influence environment, development and ways of life in the Middle East. An analysis of the physical basis of the region is followed by detailed treatment of the...

   Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge
5. The Human Right to Water and its Application in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

   By Amanda Cahill Ripley

   Series: Routledge Research in Human Rights Law

   The Human Right to Water and Its Application in the Occupied Palestinian Territories provides an overview and examination of the human right to water as determined under international human rights law. This is a highly topical issue, with the UN General Assembly having passed a resolution which...

   Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge
6. The Jewish-Arab City

   Spatio-politics in a mixed community

   By Haim Yacobi

   Series: Routledge Studies on the Arab-Israeli Conflict

   Mixed city is a term widely used in Israel to describe areas occupied by both Jewish and Arab communities. In a critical examination of such cities, the author shows how a clear spatial and mental division exists between Arabs and Jews in Israel, and how the occurrence of such communities is both...

   Published February 26th 2013 by Routledge
7. Change and Development in the Middle East (Routledge Revivals)

   Essays in honour of W.B. Fisher

   Edited by Clarke John, Bowen-Jones Howard

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   The Middle East is a region of great traditional diversity, which has been characterized by immense political, social and economic changes, still developing over thirty years after the title’s original publication. A group of oil-rich countries have achieved great political significance and some of...

   Published January 23rd 2013 by Routledge
8. Environmental Politics in Egypt

   Activists, Experts and the State

   By Jeannie Sowers

   Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics

   Drawing on extensive fieldwork conducted in Egypt from the late 1990s to 2011, this book shows how experts and activists used distinctive approaches to influence state and firm decision-making in three important environmental policy domains. These include; industrial pollution from large-scale...

   Published November 29th 2012 by Routledge
9. The Middle East Today

   Political, Geographical and Cultural Perspectives, 2nd Edition

   By Dona J. Stewart

   The new edition of The Middle East Today provides an accessible and comprehensive introductory textbook for undergraduate students of Middle East Studies, Middle East politics and geography. This updated and revised edition features a host of pedagogical features to assist students with their...

   Published November 4th 2012 by Routledge
10. The Routledge Handbook of Modern Turkey

    Edited by Metin Heper, Sabri Sayari

    In recent years, there has been growing interest in Turkey, stemming from the country’s developing role in regional and global politics, its expanding economic strength, and its identity as a predominantly Muslim country with secular political institutions and democratic processes. This Handbook...

    Published June 21st 2012 by Routledge