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Humanities & Social SciencesJanuary 2026Rodrigo Ximenez de Rada’s Minor Histories
by Aymenn Al-Tamimi
This work provides the first complete English translation of works by Toledan archbishop Rodrigo Ximénez de Rada (1170-1247 CE), whose 'Minor Histories' are sequels to his larger 'Gothic History' and thus round off his grand history of Spain project that he began at the request of King Ferdinand III. The 'Minor Histories' include Rodrigo's 'History of the Arabs' that can be considered the first surviving Western monograph focused on Arab and Islamic history and thus occupies a unique position in the medieval Latin corpus of writings. In addition to the translation, this book provides a thorough and accessible introduction to the life and works of Rodrigo, making sense of the context in which he wrote and his historical method. The translations are thoroughly annotated including cross-references to other Latin and Arabic sources for comparison.
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Humanities & Social SciencesJuly 2024Coup in Damascus
Husni al-Za'im and the birth of Syrian military rule
by Carl Rihan
Coup in Damascus is a history of Syria's first military regime. It plots the the fall of Syria's democracy and the rise of its military rulers, particularly Husni al-Zaim, whose brief rule in 1949 represented a profoundly transformative moment for the Syrian nation. It is a history of the thoughts, intentions and motives of political actors underpinning the events that have marked Syria's history after the first Arab-Israeli war, and focuses mainly on the interaction between local, regional and international actors. Unlike most histories of the modern Middle East that tackle broad intervals and that focus on the sequences of events, this history seeks to reconstruct the thought processes behind the events, and anchor them within the epoch's existing political and socioeconomic conditions. It draws on several methodological influences, particularly R.G. Collingwood's 'history as re-enactment of the past'.
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Humanities & Social SciencesJune 2026
Romanticizing masculinity in Baathist Syria
by Rahaf Aldoughli
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January 1993Unbehagen in der Moderne
Aufklärung im Islam
by Azm, Sadik J al- / Arabisch Magdi, Chérifa
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October 2006Die Verschwulung der Welt
Rede gegen Rede. Beirut – Berlin
by Rashid al-Daif, Joachim Helfer, Günther Orth, Joachim Sartorius
Zwei Männer auf einem Diwan: Das Austauschprogramm »West-östlicher Diwan« bringt Schriftsteller aus Deutschland und der arabischen Welt paarweise zusammen, um durch ihr Kennenlernen dem vielbeschworenen ›Kampf der Kulturen‹ entgegenzuwirken. Joachim Helfer und Rashid al-Daif haben die Aufforderung zum Gespräch ernstgenommen. So entstand ein verblüffendes Buch: Der libanesische Autor schreibt ein Protokoll, dessen Gegenstand sein deutscher Kollege ist – und zwar als Privatperson. Er kommentiert dessen gleichgeschlechtliche Lebensweise, beschreibt Ansichten zu Sexualität, Liebe und Moral, die ihm fremd sind. Der deutsche Autor reagiert darauf mit radikaler Offenheit, schildert die Begegnung aus seiner Sicht und zeigt am Text des libanesischen Kollegen dessen eigene, zwischen Tradition und Moderne hin und her gerissenen Vorstellungen von Männer- und Frauenrollen auf. Am Ende macht der auf beiden Seiten mit dem Mut zur Selbstentblößung geführte Dialog erschreckend deutlich, wie sehr im Verhältnis zwischen Orient und Okzident das Private das Politische ist.
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