Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series
About the Book Series
The primary aim of this series is to publish original, high quality, research-level work, by both new and established scholars, on all aspects of the modern Middle East and Islamic world. Works of synthesis, reference books and edited collections will also be considered. Submissions from prospective authors are welcomed, and should be sent in the first instance to the series editor.
Mapping Futures for Afghanistan
1st Edition
Edited
By Arif Saba, Abbas Farasoo, Farkhondeh Akbari, Niamatullah Ibrahimi
October 30, 2025
Mapping Futures for Afghanistan offers a critical and forward-looking exploration of Afghanistan’s most pressing challenges and future possibilities. It examines the current crises posed by the Taliban’s return to power and the collapse of the Republic in August 2021 and maps a range of challenges ...
Arab-Iranian Relations Since the Arab Uprisings
1st Edition
By Mahjoob Zweiri
December 18, 2024
Unlike most writing on Arab-Iran relations, which looks at specific episodes and specific countries, this book, taking a long term view, assesses the overall dynamics of the relationship, discussing in particular how far religion or politics drives the relationship. It argues that although Iran ...
Israel-Asia Relations in the Twenty-First Century: The Search for Partners in a Changing World
1st Edition
Edited
By Yoram Evron, Rotem Kowner
December 18, 2024
This book examines Israel's growing interaction with Asia's sub-regions and countries since the 1990s. It shows how these interactions have increased in recent years, both at government level and for companies, entrepreneurs, academic institutions, religious groups, tourists, and NGOs. Likewise, it...
Power and Paranoia in Syria-Iraq Relations: The Impact of Hafez Assad and Saddam Hussain
1st Edition
By Amjed Rasheed
October 09, 2024
This book examines the perplexing twists and turns in Syria-Iraq relations which since the establishment of modern Syria and Iraq after World War I have zigzagged between cooperation and hostility countless times. It questions why both countries switched regional and international alliances, but ...
The Abolition of the Ottoman Caliphate, 1924: Debates and Implications
1st Edition
Edited
By Elisa Giunchi, Nicola Melis
August 01, 2024
This book explores the decision by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in 1924 to abolish the caliphate. The Ottoman sultans had long borne the title of caliphs of Islam, with all the prestigious authority throughout the Muslim world that went with it, and in the aftermath of the First World War ...
The Making of Contemporary Kuwait: Identity, Politics, and its Survival Strategy
1st Edition
Edited
By Mahjoob Zweiri, Sinem Cengiz
June 03, 2024
This book explores the contemporary history, governance, foreign policy, political economy, culture, and society of Kuwait. It highlights the dynamics of the country, putting forward both an overview of each subject covered and new research findings. It begins by providing a historical ...
China's Economic and Political Presence in the Middle East and South Asia
1st Edition
Edited
By Mehran Haghirian, Luciano Zaccara
May 27, 2024
This book explores a range of key issues connected to China’s relations with countries in the Middle East and South Asia. It discusses economic and political connections, and projects which have arisen as part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative. It covers both important countries in the Middle ...
Reimagining Arab Political Identity: Justice, Women's Rights and the Arab State
1st Edition
By Salam Hawa
May 31, 2023
This book discusses the idea that Arab cultural and political identity has been suppressed by centuries of dominance by imperial outsiders and by religious and nationalist ideologies with the result that present day Arab societies are characterised by a crisis of identity where fundamentalism or ...
Constituting the Political Economy of the Kurds: Social Embeddedness, Hegemony, and Identity
1st Edition
By Omer Tekdemir
January 09, 2023
This book examines the development of Kurdish political economy and the emergence of collective Kurdish identity within a historical context through three main periods: the late-Ottoman Empire, the initial Republican Turkey era, and then the post-1990s period. It relates historical developments to ...
Iran's Regional Relations: A History from Antiquity to the Islamic Republic
1st Edition
By Seyed Mohammad Houshisadat
April 29, 2022
Focusing on the interplay between domestic-level changes and region-wide interaction, this book provides a comprehensive analytical and theoretical survey of Iranian foreign relations in the Middle East from Antiquity until the Islamic Republic. It charts developments from the earliest regimes in ...
Limited Statehood and Informal Governance in the Middle East and Africa
1st Edition
Edited
By Ruth Hanau Santini, Abel Polese, Rob Kevlihan
April 29, 2022
Hybrid forms of governance – where the central state authority does not possess a monopoly of violence and fails to exercise control – are not only an epiphenomena, but a reality likely to persist. This book explores this phenomenon drawing on examples from the Middle East and Africa. It considers ...
Transition in Afghanistan: Hope, Despair and the Limits of Statebuilding
1st Edition
By William Maley
September 30, 2021
This book, by one of the most experienced authorities on the subject, presents a deep analysis of the very difficult current situation in Afghanistan. Covering a wide range of important subjects including state-building, democracy, war, the rule of law, and international relations, the book draws ...