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Islamic countries -- Civilization.

Here are entered works on the civilization of the Islamic countries for all periods, or for the pre-Islamic or modern periods only, as well as non-Islamic culture during the medieval period. Works on the medieval civilization of the Middle East, North Africa and Arab Spain collectively are entered under Islamic civilization. Works on the civilization of the Arab countries for all periods, or for the pre-Islamic or modern periods only, are entered under Civilization, Arab. Modern works of a predominantly religious nature discussing 20th and 21st century problems and prospects of Islam and desirable changes, including works that advocate a civilization or society based on the teachings of Islam, are entered under Islam -- 20th century and/or Islam -- 21st century.

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• Islamic countries
• Civilization

• Islam, Dialogue and Civil Society, by Muhammad Khatami (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
• Religion and Cooperation Between Civilizations: Islamic and Christian Cultures in a Global Horizon, by George F. McLean (PDF at crvp.org)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• The Mohammedan World of To-Day: Being Papers Read at the First Missionary Conference on Behalf of the Mohammedan World Held at Cairo April 4th-9th, 1906 (New York et al: F. H. Revell Co., c1906), ed. by Samuel Marinus Zwemer, E. M. Wherry, and James L. Barton
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only

• The American Campaign to Suppress Islam, by Hizb ut-Tahrir (PDF at hizb-ut-tahrir.se)

• 12 Questions and Answers About the Arab Boycott (1976), by Institute of Human Relations (American Jewish Committee) (PDF at ajcarchives.org)
• If You Do Business in the Middle East... Remember Certain Practices are Illegal (1976), by Institute of Human Relations (American Jewish Committee) (PDF at ajcarchives.org)

• Tyranny's Ally: America's Failure to Defeat Saddam Hussein (Washington: AEI Press, 1999), by David Wurmser, contrib. by Richard Norman Perle (PDF with commentary at AEI)
• Making Sense of the Arab State, ed. by Steven Heydemann and Marc Lynch (multiple formats with commentary at fulcrum.org)

• Arabs and Young Turks: Ottomanism, Arabism, and Islamism in the Ottoman Empire, 1908-1918 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997), by Hasan Kayali (HTML at UC Press)

• Chronicon Quod Perfectissimum Inscribitur (14 volumes, in Arabic with Latin title pages; Lugduni Batavorum: E. J. Brill, 1851-1876), by 'Izz al-Dīn Ibn al-Athīr, ed. by Carolus Johannes Tornberg (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Short History of the Saracens: Being a Concise Account of the Rise and Decline of the Saracenic Power and of the Economic, Social and Intellectual Development of the Arab Nation From the Earliest Times to the Destruction of Bagdad, and the Expulsion of the Moors from Spain (London: Macmillan, 1921), by Syed Ameer Ali (page images at HathiTrust)

• Making Sense of the Arab State, ed. by Steven Heydemann and Marc Lynch (multiple formats with commentary at fulcrum.org)

• An Authentic Narrative of the Shipwreck and Sufferings of Mrs. Eliza Bradley (parts said to be plagiarized from Riley; Boston: J. Walden, 1820), by Eliza Bradley, contrib. by James Riley
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• An Authentick Narrative of the Shipwreck and Sufferings of Mrs. Eliza Bradley, the Wife of Captain James Bradley of Liverpool, England, Written by Herself (parts said to be plagiarized from Riley; Ithaca: Mack, Andrus and Woodruff, 1835), by Eliza Bradley, contrib. by James Riley (page images at HathiTrust)

• National and International Civilian Protection Strategies in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, c2023), by Timea Spitka (multiple formats with commentary at Springer Link)
• 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)
• Rethinking Statehood in Palestine: Self-Determination and Decolonization Beyond Partition (Oakland: University of California Press, c2021), ed. by Leila Farsakh (multiple formats at luminosoa.org)
• Palestine and Israel: A Challenge to Justice (Durham, NC and London: Duke University Press, 1990), by John B. Quigley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Zionist Israel and the Question of Palestine: Jewish Statehood and the History of the Middle East Conflict (Oldenbourg: De Gruyter, c2017), by Tamar Amar-Dahl (PDF and EPub with commentary at De Gruyter)
• 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)
• The Arab-Israeli Conflict (information papers #2; New York: Arab Information Center, 1956), by Fayez A. Sayegh (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)
• Making Endless War: The Vietnam and Arab-Israeli Conflicts in the History of International Law (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c2023), ed. by Brian Cuddy and Victor Kattan (multiple formats with commentary at fulcrum.org)
• The Question of Palestine (information paper #15; New York: Arab Information Center, 1961), by Mohammad Taki Mehdi
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• Between Jew and Arab: The Lost Voice of Simon Rawidowicz (Waltham, MA: Brandeis University Press, c2008), by David N. Myers (page images and PDF at Brandeis)
• 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
• 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)
• 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)
• 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 Many Faces of Political Islam: Religion And Politics in the Muslim World (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c2008), by Mohammed Ayoob (page images at HathiTrust)

• Reproductive Health in Islam (ca. 1998), by Ahmad Raja 'Abd al-Hamid Rajab, trans. by Jilali Saib (HTML at IBEST)

• Muslim Anti-Semitism: A Clear and Present Danger (New York: American Jewish Committee, c2002), by Robert S. Wistrich (PDF at ajcarchives.org)

• Architecture for Islamic Societies Today (1994), ed. by James Steele (PDF with commentary at archnet.org)
• Faith and the Built Environment: Architecture and Behavior in Islamic Cultures, ed. by Suha Ozkan (PDF files at archnet.org (scroll down to "Child Publications" for chapter links and downloads))

• Architecture Beyond Architecture (1995), ed. by Cynthia C. Davidson and Ismail Serageldin (PDF with commentary at archnet.org)
• Architecture for Islamic Societies Today (1994), ed. by James Steele (PDF with commentary at archnet.org)
• Faith and the Built Environment: Architecture and Behavior in Islamic Cultures, ed. by Suha Ozkan (PDF files at archnet.org (scroll down to "Child Publications" for chapter links and downloads))

• Development of Muslim Theology, Jurisprudence and Constitutional Theory (1903), by Duncan Black Macdonald (HTML at sacred-texts.com)

• Funds in the Khilafah State (Al-Amwal fi Dowlat Al-Khilafah) (second edition, 1988), by 'Abd al-Qadīm Zallūm (PDF with commentary at hizb-ut-tahrir.org)

• Reproductive Health in Islam (ca. 1998), by Ahmad Raja 'Abd al-Hamid Rajab, trans. by Jilali Saib (HTML at IBEST)

• The Many Faces of Political Islam: Religion And Politics in the Muslim World (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c2008), by Mohammed Ayoob (page images at HathiTrust)

• Islamic Art and Geometric Design: Activities for Learning (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c2004)
  • PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org
  • page images and PDF with commentary at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google

• Reproductive Health in Islam (ca. 1998), by Ahmad Raja 'Abd al-Hamid Rajab, trans. by Jilali Saib (HTML at IBEST)

More items available under broader and related terms at left.