| 1. |  | The Siege of Mecca: The Forgotten Uprising in Islam's Holiest Shrine and the Birth of Al Qaeda
from Tantor Media
Price: $27.29
Customer Review:
I have waited a long time - too long - for this book to be written.
Finally, a legitimate journalist, one with the required understanding, perseverance and writing skills has rescued this eventful story from the obscurity the House of Saud has deliberately created. And the rest of the... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 2. |  | Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah (Volume 1)
from Dover Publications
Price: $11.53
Customer Review:
I confess: Richard F Burton is one of my heroes. In part, it's because much of my life has been spent in his traces, from India, through the Middle East, to Baltimore and the Great Plains.
He's simply a fabulous story-teller. Whether he's commenting on the sexual proclivities of the people of a... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 3. |  | Mecca the Blessed, Medina the Radiant : The Holiest Cities of Islam
Customer Review:
A beautiful picture book of the two most beautiful cities in this world. This book makes a great gift. | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 4. | ![]() | Meccan Trade and the Rise of Islam
from Princeton Univ Pr
Customer Review:
Patricia Crone's work is scholarly, well documented, and truly thought provoking. As any scholar worthy of the title would do, she questions the prior dogmatic assertions Muslims use today regarding Mecca as a haven for commercial trade, from which Islam was born. Rather, she searches the historical... more info | 3.5 / 5.0
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| 5. | ![]() | Blood and Sand
from Hodder & Stoughton
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| 6. |  | The Sheltered Quarter: A Tale of a Boyhood in Mecca (CMES Modern Middle East Literature in Translation)
from Center for Middle Eastern Studies, The University of Texas at Austin
Price: $10.95
Customer Review:
Hamza Bogary's The Sheltered Quarter is a wonderful novel about the days before oil was discovered in Saudi Arabia. It details the life of Muhaisin AL-Baliy, a boy growing up raised only by his mother due to his father's death beofre he was born. The book tells of his trials in school with bullies... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 7. |  | Mecca
from Princeton University Press
Customer Review:
Whenever Daniel Pipes gives a low rating....the book is well worth the read.
Nothing ever written positively about Islam is digestable to this man, which is why he was canned from the Institute of Peace. Just read what his colleagues wrote about his phobias.
buy the book!! | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 8. | ![]() | Rulers of Mecca
from AMS Press
Customer Review:
The given book is certainly interesting, and one can get a general view of what were those "rulers of Mecca", where they came from and so on. But for those interested in some certain period of Mecca's life the book offers only small bits of information, for it's aim is a bit vague, and it covers... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 9. |  | The History of Al-Tabari: The Foundation of the Community (History of Al-Tabari)
from State University of New York Press
Price: $21.95
Customer Review:
This Volume covers the first four years after the Hicrat. Among various excurcios to neighbouring tribes or caravans the volume covers Badr and Uhud battles. Marriage of Mohammed (AS) to HZ. Aisah, conflicts with Jews in the city of Madina. Tabari uses Ibn Ishak, Ibn Hisham as his sources and time... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 10. |  | A Season in Mecca: Narrative of a Pilgrimage
from Blackwell Publishers
Price: $21.94
Customer Review:
The description of navigating the Moroccan kleptocracy to get one of the visas alloted to the county is an example of Hammoudi's excellent narrative capability. Other highlights are his descriptions of the intimidating preparatory classes, the shopping sprees, an animal sacrifice, the oversold... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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