General Interest

Indomitable Life of A B C Merriman-Labor

An indispensable resource for understanding the evolution of Al-Qaeda since the death of Osama bin Laden.

An indispensable treasure trove of documentary evidence accounting for the rise of Boko Haram and the internal splits that emerged along the way.

An unsparing account of how Islamic State has functioned as a fighting, social media and administrative entity.

What happens when 100 million young people in India’s small towns and villages suddenly start dreaming big?

Local Struggles, Global Connections

What if the new far right poses a graver threat to liberal democracy than jihadists or mass migration?

A cool analysis of authoritarian tendencies among the Balkans’ entrenched elites and the hollowness of existing ‘democratisation’ approaches.

Global Appeal of Islamic State

A beautifully written biography of a giant of the nineteenth century, explorer of Latin America and founder of biogeography.

A nostalgic history remembering all the league football grounds in Britain that no longer exist today, illustrated with great photographs and memorabilia.

An absorbing comparison of ‘the Islams’ of Arabia and South Asia and how they interact through the vectors of trade, politics and migration.

Critical Muslim is a quarterly magazine of ideas and issues showcasing ground breaking thinking on Islam and what it means to be a Muslim in a rapidly changing, interconnected world.

A renowned historian of the Levant offers a panoramic account of the intertwined, borderless wars wracking Syria and Iraq.

The Rise of Respectable Racism in France

An absorbing history charting the long afterlife of the 1857 ‘Indian Mutiny’ and the Victorians’ macabre fetish for collecting body parts.

The Making and Unmaking of a Refuge State

A rhyming English translation of the ninth-century khamriyyat (wine poems) of Abu Nuwas.