8 Essential Books About the Middle East

A Concise History of the Arabs

By John McHugo

Arab Spring Then and Now

By Robert Fisk, Patrick Cockburn, Kim Sengupta and The Independent

Ancient Egypt: Anatomy of a Civilization

By Barry J. Kemp

Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization

By Paul Kriwaczek

Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn

The Great Arab Conquests

By Hugh Kennedy

Islam Explained

By Ahmad Rashid Salim

The End of Modern History in the Middle East

By Bernard Lewis