Middle East

Middle East
Secondhand travel books of the Middle East including including Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Dubai Syria Iran Iraq Lebannon and so much more.

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KINGDOM OF THE FILM STARS Annie Caulfield - Journey Into Jordan
Kingdom of the Filmstars is a travel book and a love story about a journalist and a Bedouin. Anne Caulfield got to know the Mid East during her relationship with a Bedouin man while on assignment for the BBC. She offers fascinating insights, from the traditional tent life of nomadic tribes to tight-woven Western myths about the Arab world.

Price: AUD $12.00

LIBYAN SANDS R.A. Bagnold - Travel in a Dead World (Libya / Egypt / Africa)
LIBYAN SANDS: an English desert-loving young officer whose passionate amateur enthusiasm led to the exploration of the Egyptian western desert and the Libyan Sahara on the eve of the second world war.

Price: AUD $5.00

LONELY PLANET BEST OF DUBAI The Ultimate Pocket Guide & Map
These Lonely Planet 'Best of Guides' are very handy for trip planning and slim and light enough to carry around when your on the road. This is a used travel book in good condition: clean with light reading wear and age. See photos for cover blurb and sample page(s). The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!

Price: AUD $8.99

LONELY PLANET EGYPTIAN ARABIC PHRASEBOOK With Two Way Dictionary (Egypt)
A nifty pocket sized Lonely Planet Egypt language guide book.

Price: AUD $8.00

LONELY PLANET TURKISH PHRASEBOOK With Two-Way Dictionary (Turkey)
A nifty pocket sized Turkish phrase book from Lonely Planet.

Price: AUD $9.00

LOOKING FOR OSMAN Eric Lawlor - One Man's Travels Through the Paradox of Modern Turkey
In Turkish lore, Osman is the consummate knave and con man. This rogue, and the old Turkey he embodies, are the focus of this pungent and poetic explorations of the region where Europe gives way to Asia, a country that surpasses all our expectations of the exotic.

Price: AUD $9.00

LOVE IN A TORN LAND Jean Sasson - One Woman's Daring Escape From Saddam's Poison Gas Attacks on the Kurdish People of Iraq
In Love in a Torn Land, best-selling author Jean Sasson tells the dramatic true story of a young woman caught up in Saddam Hussein's genocide of the Kurdish people of Iraq.

Price: AUD $8.00

MAADI 1904-1962 Samir W. Raafat - Society & History in a Cairo Suburb (Egypt)
MAADI 1904-1962: a rare book documenting the planned Cairo suburb of Maadi.

Price: AUD $30.00

MANHATTAN TO BAGHDAD Paul McGeough - Despatches from the Frontline in the War on Terror
A most excellent book by the Australian ABC foreign correspondent.

Price: AUD $8.00

MARTYR'S DAY Chronicle of a Small War by Michael Kelly
The author tours all countries affected by the Gulf War in 1992. This is a used book in good condition: clean with light reading wear; pages browning with age. See photos for cover blurb and sample page(s). The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!

Price: AUD $10.00

MORNINGS IN JENIN Susan Abulhawa (Palestine \ Israel)
MORNINGS IN JENIN: a novel (fiction) about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, following generations of a Palestinian family removed from their ancestral home in Ein Hod, Israel, sent to a refugee camp.

Price: AUD $8.00

MOTHER WITHOUT A MASK Patricia Holton - A Westerner's Story of Her Arab Family
In Mother Without a Mask, author Patricia Holton welcomed the two sons of a Gulf Sheikh into her home for the summer, and later visited their mother and the women of her family - the harem. An extraordinary relationship developed, and here the author tells how she came to understand the traditions which governed the family's lives.

Price: AUD $9.00

MOTORING WITH MOHAMMED Journeys to the Yemen and the Red Sea by Eric Hansen
A scarce Yemen travel memoir by a very popular travel writer. This is used travel book in good condition: clean with light reading wear; pages tanning with age; publisher's "sample" stamp on first page. See photos for cover blurb and sample page(s). The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!

Price: AUD $9.00

MUHAJABABES Meet the new Middle East - cooly, sexy and devout by Allegra Stratton
A very interesting look at modern Middle East culture. This is a used travel book in good condition: clean with light reading wear and age. See photos for cover blurb and sample page(s). The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!

Price: AUD $8.00

MY FORBIDDEN FACE Latifa - Growing Up Under the Taliban A Young Woman's Story (Afghanistan)
MY FORBIDDEN FACE: a poignant first-hand account of life for a young Afghani woman under the Taliban.

Price: AUD $8.00

NABEEL'S SONG Jo Tatchell - The Story of the Poet of Baghdad - Nabeel Yasin
Nabeel's Song is a biography of Nabeel Yasin, a famous young poet in Iraq who fled Baghdad.

Price: AUD $9.00

NINE PARTS OF DESIRE Geraldine Brooks - The Hidden World of Islamic Women (Middle East)
NINE PARTS OF DESIRE draws on Geraldine Brooks' wide experience and first hand knowledge of Islam and the Middle East to contribute a number of commentaries on current events in the region.

Price: AUD $5.00

NO GOD BUT GOD Geneive Abdo - Egypt and the Triumph of Islam
NO GOD BUT GOD: chronicling modern Egypt's “Popular Islamic” influence, Abdo's findings identify a grassroots movement that doesn't seek the violent overthrow of the government or a return to a medieval age.

Price: AUD $8.00

OUT OF EGYPT Andre Aciman
OUT OF EGYPT is Andre Aciman's memoir of life in Alexandria, Egypt.

Price: AUD $9.00

PASSAGE TO ARARAT by Michael J Arlen
A classic Armenia travel memoir.

Price: AUD $7.00