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The Albert Hourani Book Award is an award honoring scholarly non-fiction books, given by the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) to "recognize outstanding publishing in Middle East studies" and to honor work "that exemplifies scholarly excellence and clarity of presentation in the tradition of Albert Hourani", the distinguished scholar of Arab and Islamic history.
“The book reveals the leftwing betrayal of our warriors, and how we must return to our Military to meritocracy, lethality, accountability, and excellence,” wrote the president-elect, who ...
The Palestine Book Award is an annual literary award [1] presented by Middle East Monitor. [2] The award began in 2012 and aims to honor the best new books in English about any aspect of Palestine. [3] [4] [5] [6]
[5] Kirkus Reviews called the book a "sensitively told, eminently fair-minded narrative." [7] Carol Gilbert writes that the book "is a must read for anyone interested in the Middle East, in conflict resolution or just plain drawn to true stories that depict two equally valid but contrasting views of reality."
The Carter G. Woodson Book Award is an American literary award created in 1973 by the Racism and Social Justice Committee of the National Council for the Social Studies to promote cultural literacy in children and young adults. [1] First presented in 1974, the award is named for American historian, author, and journalist Carter G. Woodson ...
House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East. Finalist [19] [20] [17] Ngugi wa Thiong’o. In the House of the Interpreter. Maureen N. McLane. My Poets. Reyna Grande. The Distance Between Us. 2013 Amy Wilentz. Farewell, Fred Voodoo: A Letter From Haiti. Winner [21] [22] Jesmyn Ward. Men We Reaped. Finalist [21] [23 ...
The Sheikh Zayed Book Award is a literary award begun in the UAE. [1] It is presented yearly to "Arab writers, intellectuals, publishers as well as young talent whose writings and translations of humanities have scholarly and objectively enriched Arab cultural, literary and social life." [2] The first award was in 2007.
The "Middle East" is traditionally defined as the Fertile Crescent (Mesopotamia), Levant, and Egypt and neighboring areas of Arabia, Anatolia and Iran. It currently encompasses the area from Egypt , Turkey and Cyprus in the west to Iran and the Persian Gulf in the east, [ 1 ] and from Turkey and Iran in the north, to Yemen and Oman in the south.