From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting the Middle East is a 2004 book written by Middle-East historian Bernard Lewis. The book comprises a series of scholarly essays and speeches given by Lewis over a period of four decades on the topic of the Middle East and the Islamic world.
Contents Chapter 1 : An Islamic mosque Chapter 2 : From Babel to Dragomans Chapter 3 : Middle East feasts Chapter 4 : Iran in history Chapter 5 : Palimpsests of Jewish history : Christian, Muslim and secular diaspora Chapter 6 : Some notes on land, money and power in medieval Islam Chapter 7 : An interpretation of Fatimid history Chapter 8 : Propaganda in the pre-modern Middle East : a preliminary classification Chapter 9 : Monarchy in the Middle East Chapter 10 : Religion and murder in the Middle East Chapter 11 : The Mughals and the Ottomans Chapter 12 : Europe and the Turks : the civilization of the Ottoman empire Chapter 13 : Europe and Islam : Muslim perceptions and experience Chapter 14 : Cold war and detente in the sixteenth century Chapter 15 : From pilgrims to tourists : a survey of Middle Eastern travel Chapter 16 : The British mandate for Palestine in historical perspective Chapter 17 : Pan-Arabism Chapter 18 : The emergence of modern Israel Chapter 19 : Orientalist notes on the Soviet-United Arab Republic Treaty of 27 May 1971 Chapter 20 : A taxonomy of group hatred Chapter 21 : Islam and the West Chapter 22 : The Middle East, westernized despite itself Chapter 23 : The Middle East in world affairs Chapter 24 : Friends and enemies : reflections after a war Chapter 25 : Return to Cairo Chapter 26 : Middle East at prayer Chapter 27 : At the United Nations Chapter 28 : The anti-Zionist resolution Chapter 29 : Right and left in Lebanon Chapter 30 : The Shi'a Chapter 31 : Islamic revolution Chapter 32 : The enemies of God Chapter 33 : The roots of Muslim rage Chapter 34 : The other Middle East problems Chapter 35 : Did you say "American imperialism"? : power, weakness, and choices in the Middle East Chapter 36 : The law of Islam Chapter 37 : Not everybody hates Saddam Chapter 38 : Mideast states : pawns no longer in imperial games Chapter 39 : What Saddam wrought Chapter 40 : The "sick man" of today coughs closer to home Chapter 41 : Revisiting the paradox of modern Turkey Chapter 42 : We must be clear Chapter 43 : Deconstructing Osama and his evil appeal Chapter 44 : Targeted by a history of hatred Chapter 45 : A time for toppling Chapter 46 : In defense of history Chapter 47 : First-person narrative in the Middle East Chapter 48 : Reflections on Islamic historiography Chapter 49 : The Ottoman archives : a source for European history Chapter 50 : History writing and national revival in Turkey Chapter 51 : On Occidentalism and Orientalism
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