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The Significance of a Screwdriver © Penny Johnson, 2015; The Post-Ottoman Syndrome © Avi Shlaim, 2015; The Divisive Line: The Birth and Long Life of the Sykes–Picot Agreement © James Barr, 2015; Why Did You Rename Your Son? Diaries of the Great War from the Ottoman Front © Salim Tamari, 2015; Opening Politics’ Black Box: Reflections on the Past, Present and Future of the Egyptian Revolution © Khaled Fahmy, 2015; Cracked Cauldrons: The Failure of States and the Rise of New Narratives in the Middle East © Tamim al-Barghouti, 2015; A Long View from Baghdad © Justin Marozzi, 2015; Iran: Coming in from the Cold? © Ramita Navai, 2015; Civic Courage: The Clue to Turkey’s Future? © Alev Scott, 2015; Living and Writing in Kuwait: What Fiction Can Do © Mai al-Nakib, 2015; Writing the Middle East, Writing Gaza © Selma Dabbagh, 2015; Fiction’s Histories: Writers and Readers in the Middle East © Marilyn Booth, 2015; What You Don’t Read About the Syrian Humanitarian Crisis © Dawn Chatty, 2015; Syria Seen and Represented © Robin Yassin-Kassab, 2015; Defying the Killers: The Emergence of Street Culture in Syria © Malu Halasa, 2015; Palestine and Hope © Raja Shehadeh, 2015
Selection copyright © Penny Johnson and Raja Shehadeh, 2015
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