Study Abroad: SOUTHWEST ASIA
(Includes Armenia, Afghanistan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Gaza Strip, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, West Bank, and Yemen)
Undergraduate Library Resources
Southwest Asia - Afghanistan - Armenia - Egypt - Iran - Iraq - Israel - Pakistan - Saudi Arabia - Turkey - Music Recordings
SOUTHWEST ASIA
Books
- Ancient Wine: the search for the origins of viniculture - Patrick E. McGovern - 641.20956 M177a
- From Babel to Dragomans: interpreting the Middle East - Bernard Lewis - 956 L585f
- Teen Life in the Middle East - Ali Akbar Mahdi, editor - 305.23235 T229
- Understanding the Contemporary Middle East - Deborah, J Gerner and Jillian Schwedler, editors - 956 Un22004
- Veil veiling, representation, and contemporary art - David A. Bailey and Galine Tawadros, editors - 391.43 V533
Films
- Grass: a nation’s battle for life - Silent film with English intertitles - VIDREC 304.230955 G769
- Lawrence of Arabia - DVD 791.4372 L437c
- The Oil Kingdoms - VIDREC 320.916535 OI5
- Search for Destiny: the Middle East - VIDREC 956.04 Se17
AFGHANISTAN
Books
- Afghanistan: a modern history - Angelo Rasanayagam - 958.103 R183a
- The Kite Runner - Khaled Hoseini - 813 H7949k
- Swallows of Kabul - Yasmina Khadra - 846 K5263Oh:E
Films
- Afghanistan Revealed - VIDREC 958.1046 Af34
- Beneath the Borqa in Afghanistan - VIDREC 305.48891593 B434
ARMENIA
Films
- Calendar - Armenian with English subtitles - VIDREC 791.43653 C128
- The Color of Pomegranates - Armenian with English subtitles - DVD 791.43651 C719
EGYPT
Books
- Children of the Storm - Elizabeth Peters - 813 P44202c
- Gazelle: a novel - Riki Ducornet - 813 D859g
- Guardian of the Horizon - Elizabeth Peters - 813 M558gu
- The Virtual Mummy - Sarah U. Wisseman - 932 W76v
Films
- Death on the Nile - VIDREC 962.05 SA1WD
- Fatima - Arabic dialogue with English subtitles - VIDREC 791.4372 F269
- Hikayti maá al-zaman (My story with life) - Arabic dialogue with English subtitles - VIDREC 791.4372 H539
- Nasser 56 - Arabic with English subtitles - VIDREC 791.43658 N188
IRAN
Books
- Democracy in Iran: history and the quest for liberty - Ali Gheissari and Vali Nasr - 955.05 G341d
- Mirrors of the Unseen: journeys in Iran - Jason Elliot - 915.504544 EI57m200
Films
- Iran - VIDREC 955.0543 Ir1
- The Travellers - Farsi with English subtitles - VIDREC 791.43653 T756
- Women Like Us - Narration in English, interview responses in Iranian with English subtitles - VIDREC 305.48855 W842
- Zinat - Farsi with English subtitles - VIDREC 791.43653 Z66
IRAQ
Books
- New Iraq: rebuilding the country for its people, the Middle East, and the world - Joseph Braude - 956.7044 B737n
- Pride of Baghdad - Brian K. Vaughan - 741.5973 V465
Films
- Bashu - Farsi with English subtitles - VIDREC 791.43658 B291
ISRAEL, THE WEST BANK AND THE GAZA STRIP
Books
- Bliss: a novel - Ronit Matalon, translated by Jessica Cohen - 892.4 M412s:E
- Breaking Ranks: refusing to serve in the West Bank and Gaza Strip - Ronit Chacham - 355.224095694 C344b
- Case for Israel - Alan Dershowitz - 956.94 D448c
- Palestinians: in search of a just peace - Cheryl Rubenberg - 956.053 R822p
Films
- The House on Chelouche Street (Ha-bayit rehov Chelouche) - Hebrew with English subtitles - VIDREC 791.4372 B342
- Sallah - Hebrew with English subtitles - VIDREC 791.4372 SA342
- Stories of Honour and Shame - Arabic with English subtitles - VIDREC 297.092 St74
- The Struggle for Peace: Israelis and Palestinians - VIDREC 956.04054
PAKISTAN
Books
- Broken Verses - Kamila Shamise - 823 Sh172b
- Pakistan: eye of the storm - Owen Bennett Jones - 954.91 J71p
Films
- Bobo - Portuguese with English subtitles - VIDREC 791.43653 B63
- Portugal: land of discoveries - VIDREC 914.6904 P838
SAUDI ARABIA
Books
- A History of Saudi Arabia - Madawi Al-Rasheed - 953.805 Al1h
- Princess Sultana’s Circle - 305.4209538 Sa79p
Films
- The Kingdom - DVD 953.8053 In722
- Le Grand Voyage - French and Arabic with English subtitles - DVD 791.436538 G762
TURKEY
Books
- Baedeker Turkish Coast - Peter Baumgarten, et al. - 915. Z610439B144:E1996
- Belshazzar’s Daughter - Barbara Nadel - 823 N124b2004
- Crescent and Star: Turkey between two worlds - Stephen Kinzer - 956.1 K627c
- Fragments of Culture: the everyday of modern Turkey - Deniz Kandiyoti & Ayse Saktanber - 956.103 K131f
- The Maze - Panos Karnezis - 823 K1474m
- My Name is Red - Orhan Pamuk translated by Erdag Goknar - 894.35 P191be:E
Films
- Asiklar: those who are in love - Turkish with English subtitles - VIDREC 791.12 As42
- Hanam: il bagno turco (The Turkish Bath) - Italian and Turkish with English subtitles - DVD 791.43653 H171
- Istanbul - VIDREC 914.961804 Is7
- Journey of Hope - Turkish with English subtitles - VIDREC 791.436561 J826
- Suleyman the Magnificent - VIDREC B.S948 S
MUSIC RECORDINGS
The items listed below are located in the Music Library.
2136 Music Building
1114 West Nevada Street
Urbana, IL 61801
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/mux/
- Arabesques Vocales - CDISC M1838.E3 R426A7
- Bayram: Turkish folk songs & Sufi melodies - CDISC M1824.T8 T64
- Classical Music of Iran: the Dastgah systems - CDISC M1820 C52
- Egypt: echoes of the Nile: aspects of Egyptian music - CDISC M1838.E3 E39
- Egypte - CDISC M1838.E3 M87
- Israeli Music fro Cello - CDISC M51H27 I75
- Land of the Sufis: soul music from the Indus Valley - CDISC M1824.P2 L26
- Middle East: sung poetry - CDISC M1627 P88N673
- Music of Turkey - CDISC M1824.T8 N42
- Music of Upper and Lower Egypt - CDISC M1838.E3 M873
- Musique Kurde d’Iran: odes mystiques et musique profane - CDISC M1824.K8 M67M8
- Mysteries of Turkey - CDISC M1824.T8 O94
- Sulukule: Rom music of Istanbul - CDISC M1824.T8 S858
- La Tradition du Hejaz (The Tradition of Hejaz) - CDISC M1797 A43T7
- Turath (Heritage) - CDISC M1828S52 T82
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