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Review
A masterly engagement with the most delicate and important of subjects - filled with gentle empathy, learning and rare balance -- Rory Stewart
Brilliant -- Anita Anand ― Empire
Rogerson is an original - eloquent and always fascinating -- William Dalrymple
A balanced, sweeping, hugely ambitious work that delves into the long and tangled roots of the modern Middle East ― Literary Review
This digestible history of the restless region is a useful alternative to academic tracts ... it has answers to several of the basic questions: the difference between Sunni and Shia, how Turkey and Iran aren't Arab, but are important anyway, and, sometimes, just how much Britain has to answer for in the Middle East ... this is not a book to be ignored -- Richard Spencer ― The Times
Impressive ... a highly readable, lovingly researched, romantic and engaging history ― Spectator
Not only an accessible account of Islam's schism, but a compelling introduction to the history of the Middle East ― History Today
Entertaining, ambitious and thought-provoking... An ideal book for people who want to understand more about the Middle East ― The Lady
This book is a tour de force. One of the best summary histories of Islam from its beginnings until today I have come across. Informative, engaging
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Ghada Karmi’s Return: A Mandatory Memoir give something the onceover a voyage at time clouded thorough red mist
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Abandoning Palestine: the end of the British Mandate and our continuing responsibility – 17/18 May 2022
The Collapse of the British Mandate & Why it still matters, and what Britain should do now.
Welcome – Sir Vincent Fean, Chair of Day 1 and Keynote Speaker Dr Hanan Ashrawi
Farewell to Palestine: a personal experience of the Nakba—Dr Ghada Karmi
Click here to buy Dr Ghada Karmi’s latest book In Search of Fatima: A Palestinian Story.
British Police and Security in Palestine – Lord Cope
From Balfour to Bevin – Britain’s betrayal of Palestine – Professor Avi Shlaim
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Photographing the Nakba – Roger Hardy
Click here to buy Roger Hardy’s latest book The Bride: An Illustrated History of Palestine 1850-1948.
The legal vacuum Britain created – John McHugo
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