"Amazing autobiography about a woman forced to leave Palestine as a child, relocate to England and find a place in the world as a woman without a homeland."
"A wonderfully illustrated, humorous yet moving graphic novel about an American Jew who goes to discover the horrors of Israeli occupation. Explains the issues and history very succintly."
"In this book Kassir attacks both western double standards and islamic fundamentalism, calling on Arabs to reclaim their own identity for themselves. He was assassinated in Beirut in 2005."
"Edward Said, author of outstanding work Orientalism, recounts in his autobiography his early life as a boy in the Middle East, a boy with a profoundly English first name and a typically Arab surname."
"This book does not specifically focus on the Middle East but is an outstanding introduction to world history and the extremely bloody twentieth century."
"A feminist look at secular activist movements in Egypt and an attempt to move post-colonial scholarship beyond binary oppositions between East and West and Orientalism and Occidentalism."
""There is little doubt that The Clash of Fundamentalisms is an angry but valuable response to the events that took place in the US on September 11, 2001." Jerry Brotton (Amazon review.)"
"Pilger recounts an amazing yet horrific expanse of history through his experiences as a journalist around the world with great radicalism, anger and eloquence."
"Edward Said described Ahdaf Soueif as "one of the most extraordinary chroniclers of sexual politics now writing". A story of love and war, sexuality and politics in modern Egypt and England."
"A majestic, intoxicating, prose-like poem, collecting quotes from diverse quarters regarding the Iraq war. Exposes the lies, hypocrisy and sheer brutality behind the invasion."
"The story of a British citizen, Moazzam Begg, who was imprisoned without charge in Guantanamo Bay until his release in 2005. A fight against injustice and illegal detention."
"The Valerie Solanas of Egypt. Extremely powerful feminist fiction which honestly depicts the terrible predicament of many women in North Africa and the Middle East."
