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The Foreigner's Gift: The Americans, the Arabs, and the Iraqis in Iraq
by Fouad Ajami
The Middle East: A Brief History of the Last 2,000 Years
by Bernard Lewis
The Adventures of Ibn Battuta
by Russ Dunn
Kite Runner
by Khaled Housseini
What Went Wrong? Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response
by Bernard Lewis
Blood and Oil: Memoirs of a Persian Prince
by Manuchihr Farmanfarmanian
Daughter of Persia: A Woman’s Journey From Her Father’s Harem Through the Islamic Revolution
by Sattareh Farman Farmanian with Dona Munker
Twilight in the Desert
by Matthew R. Simmons
Sandstorm: Days and Nights in Arabia
by Peter Theroux
Arabian Sands
Wilfred Thesiger
