Struggles for Iraq
Iraq since 1958, Marion Farouk-Sluglett & Peter Sluglett, I B Tauris: London, 3rd edition 2001, 2003. pp390

Enduring Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia (Bayn Al-Nahrayn), Ibtisam Abdallah, Baghdad: Dar Al-Shu'un Al-Thaqafiyya, 2001. pp198

Talking to the animals
Early Persian Painting: Kalila wa Dimna Manuscripts of the Late Fourteenth Century, Bernard O'Kane,Cairo: the American University in Cairo Press, 2003. pp336

Part of Europe: part of nowhere
Qit'a min Urubba: Riwaya (A Part of Europe: A Novel), Radwa Ashour, Cairo: Dar Al-Shorouk, 2003. pp220

Margo Veillon
Margo Veillon, Painting Egypt. The Masterpiece Collection at the American University in Cairo. Ed. Bruno Ronfard. Cairo and New York: American University in Cairo Press, 2003. pp178

Unlikely hermitage
Khilwet Al-Ghalban (The Poor Man's Hermitage), Ibrahim Aslan, Cairo: Dar Al-Shorouk, 2003. pp135

At a glance
A shorthand guide to recent publications compiled by Mahmoud El-Wardani