Sinai, the Hedjaz and Soudan

Henry Jessup left Boston in December, 1855, and joined the American Presbyterian Mission in Syria...

A comprehensive guide to authentic Greek cuisine that goes far beyond the standard fare of the to...

Kitab al-Amwal (The Book of Revenue) is the work of a brilliant legal mind. Abu Ubayd al-Qasim ib...

Since Napoleon's invasion of Egypt in 1798, the western traveller has been obsessed with the Phar...

Al-Jahiz (776-869) was one of the greatest exponents of Arabic prose of all time. His scholarship...

The significance of the Holy City of Jerusalem to the world 's Muslims, Christians and Jews canno...

This is a translation of the work known as 'al-Irshad' (The Guide), a classic text of Islamic the...

The tumultuous past of the world 's most secretive nation is revealed in this unique photographic...

Gray Hill was a distinguished Liverpool solicitor who, along with his wife, made a number of annu...

Taken from the quiet sanctuary of a convent school, where she works as a maid, Aisha is thrown ba...

Compiled in the fourteenth century by a prominent Syrian scholar, this 4 Volume Set, translated i...