Egyptology today
Egyptology At The Dawn Of The Twenty-First Century, Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, 2003.

Pathways to religious reform
Syasaat Al-Adyan, Al-Sira'at wa Darourat Al-Islah (The Politics of Religion(s): Conflicts and the Necessity of Reform), Nabil Abdel-Fattah, Cairo: Merit, 2003. pp695

Mistakes in the run-up to war
Misr minal-Thawra ilal-Hazima (Egypt from Revolution to Defeat: Preludes to the June 1967 War), Mamdouh Anis Fathy, Abu Dhabi: Centre for Strategic Studies, 2003. pp643

Wilfred Thesiger: Among the Arabs
- Arabian Sands, Wilfred Thesiger, London: Penguin, 1991 [1959]. pp347;
- The Marsh Arabs, Wilfred Thesiger, London: Penguin, 1967 and reprints [1964]. pp233

'First Impressions of the Madan'
From The Marsh Arabs. A Zair is a man who has made the pilgrimage to the tomb of the eighth Imam at Meshed in Iran in Shi'a Islam.

Wives and ancestors
Awraq Al-A'ela (Family Papers), Mohamed El-Bosati, Cairo: Dar Al-Hilal, 2003. pp136

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