Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Geography
About the Book Series
A wide range of key areas within the subject of Geography are catered for by this series. With a focus on human Geography, the books in this series provide overviews and analysis of issues pertaining to all fields including cultural, developmental, political, economic and urban Geography.
City and Identity in Modern Iraq: Baghdad and Nation Building
1st Edition
By Mustafa Obaid
February 02, 2026
City and Identity in Modern Iraq examines the role of Baghdad in the process of shaping collective identity and analyzes how different visions of citizenship have changed the face of the city. Since the establishment of the modern state in 1921, the capital city was central to questions of ...
Home, History and Possession in Israel-Palestine
1st Edition
By Tovi Fenster
January 30, 2026
Taking a micro-geographical approach to Israeli-Palestinian relations, this book analyses the history of space and place in West Jerusalem and Jaffa in the context of specific addresses. Based on the unique and innovative ‘archaeology of addresses’ methodology, the book provides an in-depth ...
Israel and Africa: A Genealogy of Moral Geography
1st Edition
By Haim Yacobi
December 12, 2019
Israel and Africa critically examines the ways in which Africa – as a geopolitical entity - is socially manufactured, collectively imagined but also culturally denied in Israeli politics. Its unique exploration of moral geography and its comprehensive, interdisciplinary research on the two ...