Places of Mind: A Life of Edward Said by Timothy Brennan reviewed
By Justin Marozzi
God’s Shadow: Sultan Selim, His Ottoman Empire, and the Making of the Modern World by Alan Mikhail reviewed
By Justin Marozzi
Someone should write a book about the utterly dispiriting architecture of the Global War on Terror
By Justin Marozzi
‘I built up a really nice business over 10 years and then they came in like gangsters and took it all away’
By Justin Marozzi
The Arabian Nights has inspired more than 70 movies, from silent ballet and Scooby Doo to Pasolini’s picaresque eroticism
By Justin Marozzi
Arabia: A Journey Through the Heart of the Middle East by Levison Wood reviewed
By Justin Marozzi
William Atkins uncovers the many guises of the desert with much imagination, insight and wit.
By Justin Marozzi