1. Arab Revolt (1916 - 1918)
   Connexipedia Article
   Resource Type: Article
   Was initiated by the Sherif Hussein ibn Ali with the aim of securing independence from the ruling Ottoman Turks and creating a single unified Arab state spanning from Aleppo in Syria to Aden in Yemen.
2. The Arab World, Turkey, and The Balkans 1878-1914
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 1982
   
3. Chasing a Mirage
   The Tragic Illusion of an Islamic State
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 2008
   According to Tarek Fatah, "Morality is doing what is right, regardless what we are told; Religious dogma is doing what we are told, no matter what is right." Fatah argues that since Islam's advent, there have been two parallel strains of the religion that are in clash. The first "state of Islam" is a person's moral compass; the way Islam governs an individual's personal life. By contrast, the yearning for "an Islamic state" has been bloody and fruitless.
4. Counterpunch
   Periodical profile
   Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
   Progressive U.S. website/newsletter.
5. For Lust of Knowing
   The Orientalists and their enemies
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 2006
   A rebuttal of Edward Said which examines who the Orientalists were, how historically they advanced their disciplines, and what their achievements have been. Irwin calls Said's book "a work of malignant charlatanry."
6. The Great War and Canadian Society
   An Oral History
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 1978
   Recollections of Canadian men and women who lived thorugh the First World War and recall life in the trenches and on the homefront.
7. A History of the Arab Peoples
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 1991
   
8. A History of the Jews - Ancient and Modern
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 1987
   Starting from a political interpretation of the period when judges, kings and prophets held sway over Israel and Judah, Ilan Halevi traces the evolution of the Jewish identity through its numerous stages, from the Roman occupation and the decline of Temple authority, through to the Zionist settlement of Palestine in the twentieth century.
   
9. How Did It Start?
   Resource Type: Article
   Published: 2017
   Every serious debate about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict raises the question: "When did it start?" Each side has its own date, proving that the other side started it.
10. The Iron Cage
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2007
    
11. Israel/Palestine: Resources for peace, justice, and human rights
    Resource Type: Website
    Published: 2014
    A selection of resources for those looking for a solution to the situation in Isreal/Palestine based on peace, justice, and human rights.
12. Libya
    From Colony to Revolution
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2011
    Provides the background to the Libyan revolution by discussing its history from colonization up through the 2011 rebellion/foreign intervention that ousted Mu'ammar al-Qadafi.
13. Mali: Timbuktu's literary gems face Islamists and decay in fight for survival
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    Daring by a dedicated few saved many manuscripts in Mali from Islamists.
14. A Marxist History of the World part 22: Arabs, Persians, and Byzantines
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    This week Neil Faulkner describes the rise and explosive spread of the third great monotheistic religion, where compassion, charity, and protection became moral imperatives - Islam.
15. A Marxist History of the World part 23: The Abbasid Revolution
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    Islam created a single overarching allegiance throughout the Arab-ruled world yet the Middle East came to be a divided region of weak and unpopular states. Neil Faulkner looks at the conflicts that lay behind this process.
16. Pathfinders: The Golden Age of Arabic Science
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2010
    A history of the role of the empire of Islam in the cultivation of knowledge, specifically the Arabic contributions to science.
17. The Penguin Atlas of World History - Vol. 1: From the Beginning to the Eve of the French Revolution
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1974
    
18. The Penguin Atlas of World History - Vol. 2: From the French Revolution to the Present
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1978
    
19. Qadhafi's Libya
    Resource Type: Book
    The author follows the evolution of a backward tribal society into one of the most militant Arab states, a significant force within OPEC, and a troublesome puzzle for the superpowers. He gives a blow-by-blow account of Colonel Qadhafi's seizure of power and examines the changing nature of his authority within the country. This book provides the facts necessary for an understanding of contemporary Libya and its place in world events.
20. Remember what we owe to Arab science
    It's time to herald the Arabic science that prefigured Darwin and Newton
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2008
    In an era of intolerance, the West needs to appreciate the fertile scholarship that flowered with Islam.
21. Rethinking The Idea Of 'Christian Europe'
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    Looking to the traditional, moral and identity platform of Christianity in Europe.
22. Said, Edward, Critical Notes on
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2005
    Edward Said was admired by the anti-imperialist left for his courageous defence of Palestinian rights. However, Irfan Habib argues that unfortunately Said's scholarly work, notably his major work 'Orientalism,' was confused and sloppy to be point of being unethical.
    
23. Edward Said's shadowy legacy
    Tricky with argument, weak in languages, careless of facts: but, thirty years on, Said still dominates debate
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2008
    So many academics want the arguments presented in Edward Said's Orientalism (1978) to be true. It discourages any kind of critical approach to Islam in Middle Eastern studies.
24. Truth Against Truth
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2003
    Challenges the myths, conventional lies, and historical falsehoods on which most of the arguments of both Israeli and Palestinian propaganda rest. The truths of both sides are intertwined into one historical narrative that does justice to both. Without this common basis, peace is impossible.
25. Zanj Rebellion
    Connexipedia Article
    Resource Type: Article
    A series of revolts by some 500,000 slaves against their Muslim owners and rulers, 869-883 AD.

Experts on History/Arab in the Sources Directory

1. The British Museum