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Arabs

Here are entered comprehensive works on the Arabs as an ethnic group. Works on the nomadic Arabs are entered under Bedouins.

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• Ethnology -- Arab countries
• Semites

• Arabs -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
• Arabs -- Folklore
• Arabs -- History
• Arabs -- Music
• Arabs -- Spain
• Arabs -- United States
• Arab nationalism
• Bedouins
• Palestinian Arabs
• Palestinian Arabs -- Israel

• Temperament and Character of the Arabs (New York: Twayne Publishers, c1960), by Sania Hamady (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Arab War Effort: A Documented Account (1946), by American Christian Palestine Committee (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Fall of the Congo Arabs (London: Methuen and Co., 1897), by Sidney Langford Hinde (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Alif Laila: or, Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Commonly Known as "The Arabian Nights' Entertainments" (4 volumes in Arabic; Kolkata: W. Thacker and Co.; London, W. H. Allen and Co., 1839-1842), ed. by W. H. Macnaghten (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Arabian Nights (1-volume version), trans. by Richard Francis Burton (HTML at dasburo.com)
• The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night: A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments (full 16-volume version; includes Supplemental Nights), trans. by Richard Francis Burton (frame-dependent HTML at wollamshram.ca)
• The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Now First Done Completely into English Prose and Verse, From the Original Arabic (9 volumes), ed. by John Payne (frame-dependent HTML at wollamshram.ca)
• Tales from the Arabic of the Breslau and Calcutta (1814-18) Editions of The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Not Occurring in the Other Printed Texts of the Work (Delhi edition, 1901), ed. by John Payne
  • frame-dependent HTML at wollamshram.ca
  • Gutenberg text
• The Arabian Nights Entertainments, by Andrew Lang
  • Gutenberg text
  • frame-dependent HTML at wollamshram.ca
• The Arabian Nights Entertainments, by Andrew Lang, illust. by H. J. Ford (illustrated HTML at sacred-texts.com)
• The Arabian Nights Entertainments ("Aldine" edition; London: Pickering and Chatto, 1890), ed. by Jonathan Scott
  • Gutenberg text
  • frame-dependent HTML at wollamshram.ca
• The Arabian Nights: Their Best-Known Tales (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909), ed. by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin and Nora Archibald Smith, illust. by Maxfield Parrish
  • page images at LOC
  • Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images
• Stories From The Thousand and One Nights, ed. by Stanley Lane-Poole, trans. by Edward William Lane (HTML at Bartleby)

• Speak, Bird, Speak Again: Palestinian Arab Folktales (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989), ed. by Ibrahim Muhawi and Sharif Kanaana (HTML at UC Press)

• Seven Pillars of Wisdom (originally published 1926), by T. E. Lawrence
  • illustrated HTML at Gutenberg Australia
  • text at Gutenberg Australia

• Seven Pillars of Wisdom (originally published 1926), by T. E. Lawrence
  • illustrated HTML at Gutenberg Australia
  • text at Gutenberg Australia

• Israel and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: A Brief Guide for the Perplexed (revised and updated editions in multiple languages; New York: American Jewish Committee, c2018), by David A. Harris (HTML and PDF at ajc.org and joomag.org)
• Encyclopedia of the Palestine Problem (originally published in 2 volumes, 1991), by Issa Nakhleh (HTML with commentary at palestine-encyclopedia.com)
• Palestine and Israel: A Challenge to Justice (Durham, NC and London: Duke University Press, 1990), by John B. Quigley (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Question of Palestine and the United Nations (revised edition, 2008), by United Nations (PDF at un.org)
• Between War and Peace: The Issues in the Middle East Conflict (reprint from Crossroads magazine; 1971), by Carl Gershman (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Palestine in the United Nations (information paper #24; New York: Arab Information Center, 1964), by Sami Hadawi (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Jewish Critics of Zionism: A Testamentary Essay; with The Stifling and Smearing of a Dissenter (New York: Arab Information Center, ca. 1974), by Moshe Menuhin (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Between Jew and Arab: The Lost Voice of Simon Rawidowicz (Waltham, MA: Brandeis University Press, c2008), by David N. Myers
  • PDF with commentary at Brandeis
  • PDF files at Project MUSE
• One-Sided: The Relentless Campaign Against Israel In the United Nations (2008), by American Jewish Committee (PDF at Wayback Machine)
• Land Ownership in Palestine (New York: Palestine Arab Refugee Office, 1957), by Sami Hadawi
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• Judgments of the Israel Supreme Court: Fighting Terrorism Within the Law (Israel: Israel Supreme Court, 2004), by Israel Supreme Court (PDF with commentary at Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
• One-Sided: The Continuing Campaign Against Israel In the United Nations (2003), by American Jewish Committee (PDF at Wayback Machine)
• How Holy is Palestine to the Muslims? (second edition, ca. 2002), by Hasan Sa'id Karmi (HTML at Wayback Machine)
• Myths and Facts: A Guide to the Arab-Israeli Conflict (electronic editions in multiple languages), ed. by Mitchell Geoffrey Bard (HTML at Jewish Virtual Library)
• The Origin of the Palestine-Israel Conflict (third edition), by Jews for Justice in the Middle East (HTML and PDF with commentary at ifamericansknew.org)
• The Hidden History of Zionism, by Ralph Schoenman (HTML at marxists.de)
• The Dispersion of Egyptian Jewry: Culture, Politics, and the Formation of Modern Diaspora, by Joel Beinin (HTML at UC Press)

• The Story of the Christians and Moors of Spain (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878), by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • multiple formats at Google
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• History of the Conquest of Spain by the Arab-Moors, With a Sketch of the Civilization Which They Achieved, and Imparted to Europe (2 volumes; Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1881), by Henry Coppée (page images at HathiTrust)

• Three Years in the Libyan Desert (1913), by J. C. Ewald Falls, trans. by Elizabeth Lee (multiple formats at TIMEA)

• Israel and the Arab Refugees: A Survey of the Problem and its Solution (New York et al.: Israel Office of Information, ca. 1949), by Israel Office of Information (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Papers on Palestine: A Collection of Statements, Articles and Letters Dealing With the Palestine Problem (1945), ed. by Institute of Arab American Affairs (New York, N.Y.) (multiple formats at archive.org)
• An Appeal to American Justice and Fair Play on Behalf of the Palestine Arabs (1938), by Arab National League of America (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Whither Palestine? A Statement of Facts and of Causes of the Arab-Jewish Conflict in the Holy Land (ca. 1936), by Arab National League of America (page images at HathiTrust)
• Legal Mechanisms to Combat Terrorism: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Security and Terrorism of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-Ninth Congress, Second Session, on the Availability of Civil and Criminal Actions Against Yassir Arrafat's Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), April 23, 1986 (Washington: GPO, 1986), by United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Saga of Deir Yassin: Massacre, Revisionism and Reality (Geneva, NY: Deir Yassin Remembered, c1999), by Daniel A. McGowan and Matthew C. Hogan (HTML with commentary at deiryassin.org)
• Deir Yassin: History of a Lie (New York: Zionist Organization of America, 1998), by Morton A. Klein (PDF at zoa.org)
• The Puzzle of Palestine (Headline Books #14; New York: Foreign Policy Association, c1938), by David H. Popper, illust. by Delos Blackmar
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• Palestine Peasantry: Notes on Their Clans, Warfare, Religion, and Laws (London and Edinburgh: Marshall Bros., ca. 1923), by Elizabeth Anne McCaul Finn (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Palestine, the Land of Three Faiths (New York: G. H. Doran Co., ca. 1924), by Philip P. Graves, contrib. by D. G. Hogarth (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Arab Minority in Israel: An Analysis of the "Future Visions" Documents (New York: American Jewish Committee, 2008), by Elie Rekhess (PDF at Wayback Machine)
• An Equal Constitution for All? On a Constitution and Collective Rights for Arab Citizens in Israel: Position Paper (Haifa: Mossawa Center, 2007), by Yousef T. Jabareen (PDF at mossawa.org)
• The Haifa Declaration (Haifa: Mada al-Carmel, 2007) (PDF at mada-research.org)
• Israeli Arabs and Jews: Dispelling the Myths, Narrowing the Gaps (New York: American Jewish Committee, 2006), by Amnon Rubinstein (PDF at ajcarchive.org)
• Palestine and Israel: A Challenge to Justice (Durham, NC and London: Duke University Press, 1990), by John B. Quigley (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Arabs in Israel (New York et al.: Israel Office of Information, 1955), by Israel Office of Information (page images at HathiTrust)
• Los Arabes in Israel (Spanish translation of "The Arabs in Israel"; New York: Israel Office of Information, 1955), by Israel Office of Information (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Arabs in Israel (New York et al.: Israel Office of Information, 1952), by Israel Office of Information (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Making Israel (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c2007), ed. by Benny Morris (page images at HathiTrust)
• Israel and the Arab Minority (Information paper #7; New York: Arab Information Center, 1959), by Sami Hadawi
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• Encyclopedia of the Palestine Problem (originally published in 2 volumes, 1991), by Issa Nakhleh (HTML with commentary at palestine-encyclopedia.com)

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