Malise Ruthven
Malise Ruthven has written many books on Islam and the Middle East, among them Islam in the World, Fundamentalism and Encounters with Islam.
In the LRB Archive:
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The Saudi Trillions · 7 September 2017
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More than a Religion: ‘What Is Islam?’ · 8 September 2016
- What Is Islam?: The Importance of Being Islamic by Shahab Ahmed
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Tower of Skulls: Baghdad · 23 October 2014
- Baghdad: City of Peace, City of Blood by Justin Marozzi
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Our Deputy Sheriffs in the Middle East · 16 October 1997
- A Brutal Friendship: The West and the Arab Elite by Said Aburish
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Politics and the Prophet · 1 August 1996
- Lords of the Lebanese Marches: Violence and Narrative in an Arab Society by Michael Gilsenan
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World edited by John L. Esposito
- Unfolding Islam by P.J. Stewart
- Islam and the Myth of Confrontation: Religion and Politics in the Middle East by Fred Halliday
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The Shrinking Sphere · 6 July 1995
- Islamic Britain: Religion, Politics and Identity among British Muslims by Philip Lewis
- The Failure of Political Islam by Olivier Roy, translated by Carol Volk
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Was Weber wrong? · 18 August 1994
- The Revenge of God: The Resurgence of Islam, Christianity and Judaism in the Modern World by Gilles Kepel
- Pious Passion: The Emergence of Modern Fundamentalism in the United States and Iran by Martin Riesebrodt
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Rambo and Revelation · 9 September 1993
- Fire and Blood: The True Story of David Koresh and the Waco Siege by David Leppard
- Preacher of Death: The Shocking Inside Story of David Koresh and the Waco Siege by Martin King and Marc Breault
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Starting over · 9 July 1987
- Cities on a Hill by Frances FitzGerald
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Making history · 19 June 1986
- Gertrude Bell by Susan Goodman
- Freya Stark by Caroline Moorehead
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The Fall of the Shah · 4 July 1985
- Shah of Shahs by Ryszard Kapuściński, translated by William Brand
- The Pride and the Fall: Iran 1974-1979 by Anthony Parsons
- Iran under the Ayatollahs by Dilip Hiro
- Obbligato: Notes on a Foreign Service Career by William Sullivan
- Envoy to the Middle World: Adventures in Diplomacy by George McGhee
- The Persians amongst the English by Denis Wright
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Golden Horn · 1 March 1984
- Pierre Loti: Portrait of an Escapist by Lesley Blanch
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Infidels · 2 June 1983
- The Helen Smith Story by Paul Foot and Ron Smith
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Malise Ruthven discusses the Beirut massacre · 4 November 1982
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Fundamentalisms · 1 July 1982
- Two Minutes over Baghdad by Amos Perlmutter, Michael Handel and Uri Bar-Joseph
- Inside the Middle East by Dilip Hiro
- America Held Hostage: The Secret Negotiations by Pierre Salinger
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Arabs · 18 February 1982
- Covering Islam by Edward Said
- Heart-Beguiling Araby by Kathryn Tidrick
- Inside the Iranian Revolution by John Stempel
- The Return of the Ayatollah by Mohamed Heikal
- Sadat by David Hirst and Irene Beeson
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The Family · 17 December 1981
- The House of Saud by David Holden and Richard Johns
- The Kingdom by Robert Lacey
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Onward Muslim Soldiers · 1 October 1981
- Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey by V.S. Naipaul
- Muslim Society by Ernest Gellner
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