Middle East Research and Information Project

Critical Coverage of the Middle East Since 1971

Shiraz Dossa

Shiraz Dossa teaches political theory, holocaust, Iranian culture and politics, in the Department of Political Science at St. Francis Xavier University in NS Canada.

MER Article

Maalouf, The Crusades Through Arab Eyes

Amin Maalouf, The Crusades Through Arab Eyes (London: Al Saqi Books, 1984). Maalouf’s reconstruction of the Crusades (“Frankish invasions”) as seen by Arab historians and chroniclers is a fascinating and instructive narrative of that bitter conflict. He concludes his account with a reflective epilo

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