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In Edward Fitzgerald’s much-loved translation, “The Rubaiyat”, the best selling poem of all time, with Attar’s charming “The Bird Parliament”.

“[In] those parables and poems which Gibran has given us in English he curiously seems to express what Rodin did with marble and clay. Both sculptor and poet show an imagination which goes to the mountains and the elements for strength, a d… more

In this updated and greatly enlarged edition of her Book of Middle Eastern Food, Claudia Roden re-creates a classic. The book was originally published here in 1972 and was hailed by James Beard as “a landmark in the field of cookery”; this … more

So long as there shall exist, by virtue of law and custom, decrees ofdamnation pronounced by society, artificially creating hells amid thecivilization of earth, and adding the element of human fate to divinedestiny; so long as the three gre… more

AMIR KHUSRO writes: Cruel she is but don’t call her thatCall her a lady though she is a bratNo one but her for me will doAlthough she is a perfect shrewI know a beauty who likes to boastOf a beau to fry, and a lover to roastWhen I fell in l… more

Benarroch Touches the themes of immigration, the confrontation with a new country, discrimination against minorities, love, the family, poetry, poets and life in general.Mois Benarroch was born in Tetuan/Morroco and lives in Jerusalem. He w… more

A Taste of Persia is a collection of authentic recipes from one of the world’s oldest cuisines, chosen and adapted for today’s lifestyle and kitchen. Here are light appetizers and kababs, hearty stews and rich, golden-crusted rices, among m… more

Illustrations: this book contains 100 photosIntroductionI was encouraged by my family and friends to put down on paper my few recipes which were passed down from family and friends as well as ones I made up myself.In the first edition, I tr… more

An elegant collection of poems composed as Conrad Allen traveled the Arabian Peninsula before and during the Arab Spring 2011.

A collection of poems written in the duration of one year in the poet’s life. The poems are written in the form of a diary, thus allowing the reader to become intimately acquainted with the poet in every aspect of her life. The poems reflec… more

Davidson Gray was born in Russia in the 1980’s. The son of a Math teacher and an Army Captain, he was raised by his mother and grandfather after his parent’s divorce. He immigrated to the US with his family in 1993 and was given scholarship… more

Joobin Bekhrad’s translation of Omar Khayyam’s Robaiyat / Rubaiyat, based on Sadegh Hedayat’s selections. The sequence of the poems in this book exactly follows that of Hedayat’s, allowing readers with a knowledge of Persian to compare Bekh… more

IBN ‘ARABI: SELECTED POEMSTranslation & Introduction by Paul SmithIn the West he is known as the Doctor Maximus and in the Islamic world as The Great Master. Born in Murcia in Spain in 1165 his family moved to Seville. At thirty-five he lef… more

Affluent and playful, Khusro, the thirteenth century poet and musician who would become known throughout India and Middle East - and now the world - is a persian mystic who loved melody, words and romance. His interpretation of love’s musin… more

Congress has an active role to play in shaping and overseeing U.S. relations with Turkey, and several Turkish domestic and foreign policy issues have significant relevance for U.S. interests. This report provides background information on T… more

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has launched an international campaign to achieve recognition by the United Nations for an independent Palestinian state. Abbas and his international supporters claim that only Israel (with the United Sta… more

In the 1960s Claudia Roden introduced Americans to a new world of tastes in her classic A Book of Middle Eastern Food. Now, in her enchanting new book, Arabesque, she revisits the three countries with the most exciting cuisines today—Morocc… more

Situated at the crossroads of four major regions-the Middle East, Central Asia, the Indian subcontinent and the Far East-Afghanistan has survived centuries of invasions, whether military, cultural or culinary. Its hearty cuisine includes a … more

Because there is never ever was a “Palestine” nor a “Palestinian people,” those who promote the notion lies of a homeland where the “Palestinians” lived from “time immemorial,” must create a faux-history to cloak their claims in a mantle of… more

Háfiz or Hafez, the greatest of Persian lyric poets, can be looked upon as one of the few poets in the world who utters an unbroken strain of joy and contentment.His poverty was to him a constant fountain of satisfaction, and he frankly too… more