Life of Mahomet by Washington Irving is a biographical narrative that offers a sympathetic and literary portrayal of the Prophet Muhammad. Irving presents Muhammad’s life from his early years in Mecca, his spiritual calling, and the revelation of Islam, to his leadership and political-military achievements. The work emphasizes his moral character his humility, simplicity, strong faith, and se…
A History of the Arab Peoples is a sweeping and authoritative chronicle of Arab civilization, covering roughly the last twelve centuries. Hourani traces the political, social, cultural, and intellectual developments from the rise of Islam through the Arab world’s encounters with modernity. He explores the making of the Arab world its dynasties, religious movements, urban life, and economic st…
Konflik Palestina telah menjadi simbol degradasi pada titik nadir perjalanan peradaban manusia dan seakan-akan selalu menghadirkan mimpi buruk tanpa berbatas. Persoalan di Palestina mengingatkan kita pada sikap keserakahan, kekejaman dan kebengisan dari anak manusia yang satu terhadap anak manusia lainnya, seolah-olah tidak menyisakan sedikit pun harapan untuk rekonsiliasi.
Indonesia sebagai negara yang sangat konsisten dan memiliki komitmen kuat terhadap perdamaian dunia, khususnya terhadap solusi yang adil bagi Palestina berkesempatan untuk menyuarakan asiprasi yang konstruktif dan suportif apabila mengacu pada pesan- pesan yang disampaikan oleh Presiden Obama. Meskipun secara politis, Indonesia berdiri mendukung Palestina dalam mencapai kemerdekaan dan memperol…
EU policy-makers have in the past decade endeavoured to formulate a substantial redefinition of the organisation's international ambitions. Attempting to carve out a new role as a key foreign and security policy actor in international politics, the EU has been involved in peace negotiations across the globe. Here, Taylan Ozgur Kaya looks at how this is enacted, with particular reference to the …
Iraq's invasion of Kuwait marked a major watershed in the modern history of the Middle East with consequences that are likely to affect the whole region for decades to come. But nowhere has the impact of the Gulf War been more immediately and profoundly felt than among the member states of the Gulf Co-operation Council - Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. I…
The preparation of the second edition has been almost as seismic as the middle east itself 1990-1991 gulf crisis. After all chapters had been written and edited, the Arab world and the world at large were faced with Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in an attempt to "correct" colonial history of border-demarcation and "state-creation".
Buku ini menceritakan dengan rinci kepentingan bisnis dan pertemanan yang bergerak antara lingkaran dalam keluarga Bush dan Elit Saudi.
In the wake of the 1979 Iranian revolution, relations between states in the Middle East were reconfigured and reassessed overnight. Amongst the most-affected was the relationship between Iran and Saudi Arabia. The existence of a new regime in Tehran led to increasingly vitriolic confrontations between these two states, often manifesting themselves in the conflicts across the region, such as tho…
The Arab Spring: New Patterns for Democracy and International Law explores a number of critical issues brought to the forefront of the international community as a result of the uprisings which began in the Middle East and North Africa in early 2011. Particularly prominent among these are issues concerning the right to democracy within international law, self-determination, recognition of newly…