English Novels About Arabs: (1973-1998)
An Annotated Bibliography
Rajih Saad Al-Harby
Asst. Prof. Of English
English Department
Umm Al-Qura University
Abstract
The great difficulties of finding information and/or locating novels about Arabs or
Arab countries have led me to think of compiling a bibliography of such works. The present
bibliography covers a span of 25 years beginning with 1998 and ending with 1973. It includes
novels written originally in English with no translations at all. Most of the novels are
followed by a brief summary of the plot or an excerpt from a book review. The Novels are
simply listed in a chronological order beginning with the books of 1998 and ending with those
of 1973. It is also indicated if there is a later edition or a reprint. During each single year, the
entries are arranged alphabetically by author, and at the end of the article there are two
indexes: a title index and an author index. This attempt at classification is not meant to be
exhaustive, but it may help to guide future research about the image of Arabs in English
novels.
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Introduction
During the last two or three decades, novels with negative images of Arabs have been
coming out regularly. The fact that most of these novels have been best sellers is alarming.
Although there is nothing new about the prejudices they contain, that their number is on the
increase and that they have been coming regularly in a time of globalization and world peace
slogans is disheartening. In the absence of books that do justice to the Arabs or the Arab
world, these popular novels will certainly deepen Western prejudices about not only the Arabs
but the whole Muslim world.
Something should be done to monitor such books and draw the attention of the
average readers in the West to the falsehoods they contain before the damage is irreparable.
However, anyone who tried to write something about the image of the Arabs in contemporary
novels would become aware of the great difficulties of finding information about these books,
let alone locating them. Most of these novels are not even listed in the few fiction indexes
available. Hence, I began the long process of tracing these novels, a process which eventually
culminated in the compilation of this urgently needed bibliography . The only bibliography
of this kind I came across is an annotated bibliography of Arabs in Popular Fiction Published
in the U.S.A Between 1919 and 1973 by Dr. Muhammad Mansour Abahsain in 1987.
However, Dr. Abahsain’s study is limited to “popular fiction” which is “published in the
U.S.A.”
This study includes well-established works and books published outside the U.S.
However, I use Dr. Abahsain’s ending point to be my starting one. The time framework
limiting this bibliography extends from 1973, the year of the implementation of the OPEC oil
embargo to 1998. The former date is very significant because it is associated with the oil
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embargo which brought the Arabs into focus for the West, hence the increase in the number of
books portraying the Arabs negatively. On the other hand, 1998 does not have such a
significance but one has to have a starting point and a point to stop at. Originally, I wanted to
do a comprehensive bibliography of such works but I immediately discovered the
impossibility of such a task because new titles and information keep turning up each day.
At first, I was content only to gather authors and titles. I began with the holdings of
the Library of the University of Pittsburgh but it had very few titles. Using key words like
“Arab”, “Arabia”, “Islam”, “Muslim”, “East”, “Middle East”, “Orient”, “oil” and names of
Arab countries, I conducted a year by year research. I consulted reference books such as
Fiction Catalog, Books in Print, Contemporary Authors, Master Plots, Comulated Fiction
Index and others but since a good number of these novels are not mainstream novels, some of
the books I know of, were not even indexed. Then I used the internet to check the holdings of
other libraries such as The Congress in Washington and The British Museum in London. I
also made good use of the bibliographies at the end of books, dissertations, and articles
written about the image of the Arabs or the image or the Muslims in English Literature.
As the list grew longer I hit upon the idea of annotating each one, giving a brief plot
summary or including a short excerpt from a commentary review of the novel. Fiction
Catalog, Contemporary Authors, and Master Plots were helpful in providing some plot
summaries or excerpts. Some of the annotations were from book reviews. Periodicals such as
“Book Review Digest”, “New York Times Book Review”, “Publishers Weekly”, “Library
Journal” and “Books of the Times” were also helpful. The most important source for plot
summaries, however, is “Fiction Digest”, a review of newly published fiction. Nevertheless,
there are novels for which, up to now, I can find no reviews. I hope that users of this
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bibliography will find the annotations both helpful and enjoyable, with glimpses of the
representation of Arabs in contemporary novels.
Only works written originally in English are included. It would have been impossible
to include works translated from different languages into English. In the body of the
bibliography, I have not attempted to classify or categorize the novels in any way. They are
simply listed chronologically beginning with 1998 and reaching back to 1973. During each
year, novels are arranged alphabetically by author. There are author and title indexes
included at the end of the article. This attempt at classification is not meant to be exhaustive,
but it may help to guide future research about the image of Arabs in English novels.
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1998
Anderson, Scott. Triage. Scribner, 1998.
A combat photographer returns from Iraq to New York. He is traumatized by his
experience in a war between Iraqis and Kurds. He is treated by his girlfriend’s father, a
doctor who participated in the Spanish Civil War and who is familiar with survivor’s
guilt.
Bond, Larry. Day of Wrath. Warner, 1998.
Arabs who bought a nuclear weapon from Russia are planning to use it to destroy
Washington. The plot is discovered; FBI agent Helen Gray and U.S. Army colonel
Peter Thorn are to stop them.
Chamberlin, Ann. The Reign of the Favored Women. Forge, 1998.
A historical novel on a power struggle between two women in the harem of Sultan
Murad of Turkey. They are Safiye, mother of the sultan’s only son, and Nur Banu, the
sultan’s mother and official head of the harem. Each has her own political agenda and
on the outcome of the conflict depends the future of the Ottoman Empire.
Flem-Ath, Rose. Field of Thunder. Stoddart, 1998.
This is a Gulf War spy thriller. August Riley of the CIA is on a mission to destroy Iraqi
biological weapon. He receives the needed help from Zuleika Maher, the estranged wife
of the scientist who developed it.
Foote, Tom. Undertow. Dufour, 1998.
An Irish yachtsman whose family have been killed by the IRA terrorists becomes a
British spy to revenge himself on IRA. He undertakes to captain a gun-running ship, a
mission which takes him to Libya and leads to a face-to-face with the terrorist chief.
Herman, Richard. Against All Enemies. Avon, 1998.
Captain Bradley Jefferson of the U. S. Air Force, who is black and a Muslim, is charged
with treason after the failure of an air strike against terrorists in Sudan. But as the
prosecuting lawyer discovers, the officer is a scapegoat in a game of high American
politics.
Kadish, Rachel. From a Sealed Room. Putnam, 1998.
This is a story of an abusive love affair between an American woman in Jerusalem and a
former Israeli soldier. He is an artist who is haunted by memories of pacifying Arabs,
which cause him to explode in violent rages at her expense.
Lichtman, Charles. The Last Inauguration. Lifetime, 1998.
In retaliation for an attempt on his life, the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein orders the
assassination of the U.S. president. The job is given to Carlos-the-Jackal, but former
CIA agent Norman Richards will make sure he won’t succeed.
Peters, Elizabeth. The Ape Who Guards the Balance. Avon, 1998.
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Suspecting that the Master Criminal is behind their problems, Sleuth Amelia Peabody
Emerson and her family travel to Egypt to continue excavating in the Valley of Kings.
The villain seems to follow them there. They experience various adventures and their
archaeological digging is interrupted by several mysterious murders which they attempt
to solve.
Simon, Beaufort. Murder in the Holy City. St. Martin’s, 1998.
In 12th century Jerusalem, occupied with the Crusaders and simmering with intrigue, Sir
Geoffrey de Mappestone investigates a series of murders to discover a plot by a
Christian faction to grab power. Lots of details on every day life and relations between
the three faiths, Christian, Jew, and Moslem.
Stewart, Chris. The Kill Box. Evans, 1998.
Since the death of ex-president George Bush is caused by Iraqi germs , an airborne
operation is mounted to abduct from Iraq the man responsible. From him, the
government hopes to learn the location of hidden germ sites in the U.S.
Stone, Robert. Damascus Gate. Houghton, 1998.
Christopher Lucas, a Jewish Catholic, American journalist who has a romance with an
Arab nightclub dancer discovers that there is a plot by Jewish and Christian terrorists to
blow up Islamic mosques on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
Wilkinson, D. Marion. The Empty Quarter. Boaz, 1998.
Two American foremen play out old animosities on an oil rig in Saudi Arabia two
American foremen play out old animosities , which is worked by cheap Indian labor
supervised by a motley crew of international whites,.
1997
Alexander, Meena, (1951-). Manhattan Music: a Novel. 1st Ed. San Francisco: Mercury
House, 1997. 231 p.
A woman from India marries an American to get away from her tradition-bound culture
and learns that boundless freedom is no bed of roses either. You have to fill it with
something and in Sandhya's case a husband and one child are not enough. So she fills it
by an affair with an Egyptian. The setting is New York.
Briley, John. The First Stone: a Novel. 1st Ed. New York: W. Morrow and Co., 1997. 356p.
On orders from the Israeli secret service, Lisa Cooper accepts a proposal of marriage
from Le'ith Safadi, a rich Saudi Arabian. Both are students at the University of
California. Fifteen years later the service orders Lisa to betray her husband, which she
does, albeit with a heavy heart.
Chapman, Vera, (1898-). The Notorious Abbess. Chicago, IL : Academy Chicago Publishers,
1997.
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Twelve adventures featuring a 12th century nun with magical powers at the time of the
Crusades. In one, a mermaid asks her for a soul, in another she meets the devil, in a third
she arouses the jealousy of a Muslim wife.
Clancy, Tom, 1947-.Tom Clancy's Op-Center : Acts of War. New York: Berkley Books,
1997. 492 p.
Syrian terrorists have attacked a dam inside the borders of Turkey, threatening the water
supply of their very homeland. It is not insanity, but the first step in a deceptively simple
plan--to force all-out war in the Middle East. What they don't know is that a new
Regional Op-Center is now online in Greece, and its team can see exactly what the
rebels are trying to do. But these terrorists are more resourceful than anyone thinks.
Cochran, Molly and Warren Murphy. The Broken Sword. 1st Ed. New York: Tor, 1997.
381p.
The legendary King Arthur is reborn in our time as Arthur Blessing of Chicago. So are
Merlin and Galahad, the latter as an FBI agent. They are joined by knights who travelled
forward in time and everyone sets out to recuperate the Holy Grail from an evil man in
Morocco.
De Rosa, Peter (1932-). Pope Patrick. 1st Ed. New York: Doubleday, 1997. 349 p.
A new pope at the Vatican sends tremors through financial markets when he condemns
the lending of money. The new pope, an Irishman, is elected in the year 2009, a time of
rising tension between the West and a resurgent Islam--which bans usury--now
controlling the oil of Saudi Arabia.
Dickey, Christopher. Innocent Blood. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. 335 p.
A former U.S. Army soldier becomes a Muslim terrorist. The son of Yugoslav
immigrants, Kurt Kurtovic of Kansas first meets the terrorist, Rashid, during the Gulf
War. He meets him again in Bosnia while investigating his family's Muslim roots and
agrees to help the cause with a terrorist act in New York. But he will undergo a lastminute change of heart.
Freeman, David. One of Us. 1st Carroll & Graf Ed. New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers,
1997. 278 p.
Political intrigue in the dying colonial world of Egypt on the eve of World War II. The
novel features a beautiful Englishwoman at the center of a triangle involving the British
high commissioner and Farouk, the swinging prince who will be the last king.
Freemantle, Brian. Bomb Grade. New York : St. Martin's Press, 1997. 719 p.
In post-Communist Moscow, British agent Charlie Muffin joins forces with operatives
of the Russian ministry of interior to retrieve plutonium stolen by local gangsters. The
plutonium is destined for Iraq and there is enough of it to make three dozen atom
bombs.
George, Margaret. The Memoirs of Cleopatra: a Novel. 1st Ed. New York: St. Martin's Press,
1997. 964 p.
A famous femme fatale tells all in this memoir of her reign as Cleopatra VII, queen of
Egypt. Yes, it is true, she did have herself smuggled, wrapped in a rug to Julius Caesar's
bedroom, and was pleasantly surprised. As for Marc Antony, he was a gorgeous man.
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The plot covers from her earliest memories, to her final days as she prepares to commit
suicide by snake bite.
Gilman, Dorothy, 1923-. Mrs. Pollifax, Innocent Tourist. Doubleday Direct large print Ed.
New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1997. Recorded Books, 1997. 298 p.
Part-time CIA operative Emily Pollifax flies to the Middle East to pick up a novel
written by an executed Iraqi dissident. On arrival she sees no sign of her contact, only
dead bodies, Arab terrorists and Iraqi spies. Danger is everywhere. Fortunately, Mrs.
Pollifax knows karate.
Givón, Talmy, (1936-) Running Through the Tall Grass : a Novel. 1st Ed. New York: Regan
Books, 1997. 274 p.
Two French soldiers who are friends join a terrorist organization trying to keep Algeria
a French colony and one is made to attack a hospital. Revolted, he decides to quit, but
the other forces him to continue and eventually they go to the Congo for more mayhem.
Howard, Stephanie. Amber and the Sheikh. Surrey, England: Mills & Boon, 1997. 189 p.
Kleier, Glenn. The Last Day. New York: Warner Books, 1997. 484 p.
Following a huge explosion a woman emerges from the Negev Desert, claiming to be
the Messiah, and her call for the abolition of organized religions sweeps the world. But
is she for real or a robot produced by a military laboratory? Jerusalem reporter John
Feldman decides to find out.
Land, Jon. The Walls of Jericho; a Novel . 1st Ed. New York: Forge, 1997. 304 p. Audio
Books, 1997.
A Palestinian police inspector and an Israeli policewoman join forces to hunt for a serial
killer in Jericho. The inspector is Bayan Kalam, a street-smart former Detroit detective
while she is trigger-happy Danielle Barnea. Their investigation, which leads to
romance, is played out against the background of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Marcinko, Richard and John Weisman. Rogue Warrior: Designation Gold. New York: Pocket
Books, 1997. 355 p. Includes index.
A soldier of fortune battles a plot to restore the Soviet Union to its former glory. The
mission takes him to Moscow, Paris and finally at the head of an airborne assault unit
into Syria to neutralize a nuclear arms factory.
Marcinko, Richard and John Weisman. Rogue Warrior: Task Force Blue. 1st pbk. Ed. New
York: Pocket Books, 1997. 367 p.
From his heavily defended fortress in a California desert, an ultraconservative
billionaire is arming homegrown terrorists in a scheme to create a government in his
own fanatical image. With the Pentagon's security breached, the Defense Intelligence
Agency has only one weapon left in its arsenal: Marcinko and his elite SEAL team,
Task Force Blue.
Mason, Connie. Sheik. New York: Leisure Books, 1997. 392 p.
Princess Zara had been raised a warrior, always at her father’s side in battle against the
Arabs who had stolen their land. So when she is taken prisoner by Sheik Jamal Abd
Thabbit during a raid, she was determined not to succumb to his wishes—a more
difficult task than she would have ever believed.
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Mayle, Peter. Chasing Cezanne. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1997. 244 p.
In Paris, New York photographer Andre Kelly puts aside photography to destroy a black
market in paintings. The villain is using photo shoots of art works as an occasion to
substitute forgeries for the real thing, then selling the originals to Japanese and Arab
collectors.
Maxim, John R. Haven. 1st Ed. New York: Avon Books, 1997. 374 p.
A thriller featuring two killers, one a former East German spy, the other a beautiful
Israeli agent. While enjoying a romantic reunion in the U.S., they stumble on a ring
which smuggles abducted Muslim girls. This in turn leads them to uncover a plot to
supply Islamic terrorists with nuclear weapons.
Peters, Elizabeth. Seeing a Large Cat. New York, NY: Warner Books, 1997. 318 p.
While digging in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, English archeologist Amelia Peabody
discovers the mummified body of a recently dead woman. The victim was the fourth
wife of a famous archeologist and she disappeared five years earlier, supposedly eloping
with a lover. Amelia turns sleuth
Robinson, Patrick, (1940-). Nimitz Class. 1st Ed. New York: HarperCollins, 1997. 411p.
Recorded Books, 1997.
In 2002, an enormous nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and her crew of 6,000 suddenly
vanish from the radar screens. An American aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea is sunk
by a nuclear torpedo with the loss of 6,000 hands. The U.S. retaliates with an attack on
an Iranian submarine base, but as Lieutenant Commander Billy Baldridge discovers the
real culprit is a lone Iraqi submariner, a far more elusive terrorist.
Robinson, Lynda S. Eater of Souls: a Lord Meren Mystery. New York: Walker, 1997. 229p
A historical mystery in which Lord Meren, the chief of security to the pharaoh of Egypt
investigates the death by poison of Queen Nefertiti. It's a dangerous probe as the killer
might be an important person and take revenge on Meren.
Simon, Frank, (1943-). Walls of Terror. Wheaton, Ill. :Crossway Books, 1997. 363p.
Stevenson , Robert Louis. Torchlight. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1997. 290 p.
Two CIA agents pose as deep sea divers to find the gold which a terrorist organization
is recovering from a wreck to finance Iraq's missile program. They will be betrayed by
their own government.
1996
Anshaw, Carol. Seven Moves. Houghton Mifflin, 1996. 220p.
Atherapist (Christine Snow) in Chicago whose live-in lover (Taylor) disappears tracks
her down in Morocco, only to find a different woman, a shock that puts her power of
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perception in question. If she could misread a lover for so long--a therapist's worst fear-perhaps she hardly knows her own mind.
Bergren, Lisa Tawn. Chosen. Sisters, OR : Palisades, 1996. 292 p.
Bury, Stephen , (1959-). The Cobweb. New York: Bantam Books, 1996. 432 p.
As the Gulf War approaches, Iraqi agents in the U.S. prepare biological terror. The plot
is discovered by Sheriff Clyde Banks as he investigates the murder of an Arab student in
an agricultural college in Iowa.
Cawood, Chris. [666 plus 666 plus 666 equals 1998] : The Year of the Beast Kingston,
Tenn. : Magnolia Hill Press, 1996. 312 p. NOTES: Title presented as an arithmetic
problem.
New Orleans reporter Brad Yeary investigates the assassination of U.S. vice-president
Samuel Harrot during the 1998 Sugar Bowl. Leads are scarce as the killers were killed
in turn. Suspects range from Arab terrorists to the White House.
Chafets, Zev. Hang Time. Warner Books Ed. New York: Warner Books, 1996, 1997. 245p.
When Arab terrorists in Israel kidnap three visiting American basketball players and
start chopping one to pieces the U.S. bombs Iran. As the incident escalates a Detroit
detective, who is the brother of one of the men, realizes everyone is playing politics and
that the fate of the victims is their last concern. He flies to Israel to mount his own
rescue operation.
Coover, Robert. John's Wife; a Novel. Simon & Schuster, 1996. 428p.
This story revolves around a party and a series of crimes …. through past and present,
…. Reality and dreams. John is a [developer] … of Midwestern backwater. His wife is
the ‘Coveted object, elusive mystery, beloved ideal, hated rival, princess, saint’ in
relation to whom the other townspeople define themselves.
Easterman, Daniel. The Final Judgement New York: Harper Paperbacks, 1996, 1997. 362 p.
A former Israeli Special Forces man helps his brother in Sardinia find his kidnapped
son. In the process he discovers a plot by ex-Nazis intent on reviving the Third Reich.
He destroys the plotters with the help of a beautiful Arab interpreter.
Frey, Stephen W. The Vulture Fund. New York: Dutton, 1996, Signet, 1997. 444 p.
Penguin Audio Books, 1996
A CIA director with presidential ambitions, but not the cash, hires Arabs to launch a
campaign of terror to precipitate economic chaos in the U.S. This will enable him to buy
property at a cheap price, later selling it at a profit. The main protagonist is the banker
raising money for the purchases.
Gedge, Pauline, (1945-). House of Illusions. Toronto, Ont., Canada : Viking, 1996. Penguin,
1997. 466 p
In ancient Egypt, a banished royal concubine seeks revenge on the people who framed
her. She is Thu, said to have plotted to kill the pharaoh. Thu sends a letter to the pharaoh
explaining the truth and narrowly escapes death when the conspirators intercept it. But
eventually the truth comes out, she is restored to her position and reunited with her son.
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Glenowen, Owen. Death of a Nation. Ravenshead :Nostalgic, 1996. 508 p.
Holland, Cecelia, (1943-). Jerusalem. New York: Forge, 1996, 1997. 318p
In the Holy Land in 1187 A.D., the Knights Templar, ferocious warriors who took vows
to live like monks, struggle to cope amid an atmosphere of betrayal, conspiracy, and
temptation as they confront war and political intrigue while battling the forces of
Saladin.
Horan, Hume A., (1934-) To the Happy Few : a Story of Death, Love, and Loss in the Sudan.
Washington, D.C : Electric City Press, 1996. 270 p.
Johansen, Iris. Lion's Bride . New York: Bantam, 1996. 420 p.
A silk weaver and a knight square off in 12th Century Syria. She is Thea of Dimas, he is
Lord Ware. On her way to Damascus to start her own silk weaving business her caravan
is attacked by brigands. He saves her, takes her to his castle and will not let her go. But
she is not going to abandon her career goal.
Kaminsky, Stuart. Lieberman's Law. 1st Ed. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1996. 309 p.
Recorded Books, 1996.
In Chicago, with its ethnic mix, aging policeman Abe Lieberman is kept busy day and
night. Vandals have defaced his synagogue, stealing the torah, Arab militants and white
skinheads are creating trouble, and a Korean gang is objecting to Abe's presence in a
park.
Kiteley, Brian. I Know Many Songs, but I Cannot Sing. New York: Simon & Schuster,
1996.
A novel of Egypt whose protagonist is an American historian. He is Ib from
Massachusetts--that's Danish for Jacob--befriended by Gamal, a theater critic who won't
leave him alone. The novel follows their friendship during the last week of Ramadan as
Gamal takes Ib to visit cafes, family, country, jail. A portrait of modern Egypt where
tension between fundamentalists and pro-Westerners has reached boiling point.
Lawhead, Stephen. Byzantium. New York: Harper Prism, 1996. 870 p.
Irish monk Aidan mac Cainnech is hired by the Holy Roman Emperor to spy for
Byzantium on the Arabs. The mission turns badly, Aidan is enslaved and more
importantly loses his faith, but he will regain it. A look at the Moslem and Christian
worlds of the day.
Levin, Lee. King Tut's Private Eye. 1st Ed. New York: St. Martins Press, 1996. 232 p.
In ancient Egypt, Eye, the grand vizier of Thebes, is given seven days by Pharaoh
Tutankhamen to find out who killed the pharaoh's father. Not much time, especially as
the pharaoh has banned torture.
Mackin, Jeanne. Dreams of Empire. New York: Kensington Books, 1996, 1997. 248 p.
The heroine is Marguerite Verdier, an illustrator with some 140 scholars accompanying
Napoleon's invasion of Egypt. She has deserted her charming philanderer of a husband,
only to discover he followed her to Cairo to win her back. Very fortunate, because when
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she is accused of attempting to poison the emperor, he is suddenly the only man she can
trust.
Mayne, Elizabeth. The Sheik and the Vixen. New York: Silhouette Books, 1996. 251 p.
McMahon, Barbara. Sheik Daddy. New York: Silhouette Books, 1996. 186 p.
Moreau, C. X. Distant Valor. 1st Ed. New York: Forge, 1996. 351 p.
A fictionalized account of the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut in
which 300 men were killed. The protagonists are two Marines tired of being shot at
without the right to reply. They provoke a firefight, kill many enemy and are courtmartialled for disobeying orders.
Peters, Elizabeth. The Hippopotamus Pool. New York: Warner Books, 1996. 447 p.
Recorded Books, 1996.
The 19th Century archeologists, Amelia Peabody and Radcliffe Emerson, arrive in
Egypt with children to explore the site of Queen Tetisheri's tomb in Thebes. All goes
well until their son, Ramses, is kidnaped.
Raj Bond, Larry. The Enemy Within. New York: Warner Books, 1996. Warner Vision Books,
1997. 512 p.
An Iranian general grabs power and launches a campaign of terror in the United States.
Its object is to paralyze the country while Iran annexes the oil fields of the Arabs.
Colonel Peter Thorn, an expert in counter-terror, leads a Delta Force on a raid to
assassinate the general in Iran, and unlike the real-life Desert One operation this one is a
success
Robinson, Lynda S. Murder at the Feast of Rejoicing. New York: Walker & Co., 1996. 1st
Ballantine Books Ed. New York: Ballantine Books, 1997. 248 p.
In ancient Egypt, Lord Meren, advisor to the boy-king Tutankhamen, is a busy man.
While investigating the murder of a woman found in a granary, he has to arrange for the
secret transportation of royal bodies to another tomb, safe from vandals.
Rosenberg, Robert (1951-). House of Guilt: an Avram Cohen Mystery. New York:
Scribner, 1996. 288 p.
In Jerusalem, the former deputy police commander, Avram Cohen is hired to locate a
rich man's missing grandson, only to find him dead on the West Bank. Everyone blames
the Hamas Arab extremists, but Cohen doesn't buy that. He thinks Jewish extremists are
the more likely killers. Lots of background on the Arab-Israeli conflict
Shelton, Dan. Assault on the Venture. Angel Fire, NM: Intrigue Press, 1996. 248 p.
In a plot by Arab terrorists, a suicide bomber posing as a sailor boards an American
aircraft carrier to destroy it with a nuclear device. It's up to Tom Barnes of the National
Security Council's crisis intervention team to unmask the bomber, not an easy task as
there are 5,000 men on board.
Smith, Cynthia. Noblesse Oblige. New York: Berkley Prime Crime, 1996. 262 p.
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On holiday in Belgium, PI Emma Rhodes, known for her thousand-dollar dresses and
her anti-feminism, thwarts the kidnaping of a member of the royal family by Arab
terrorists. The act earns her the king's gratitude, but also the enmity of the terrorists who
now target her in revenge
Smith, Wilbur. The Seventh Scroll. Bath, England: Chivers Press Limited, 1996.
In Ethiopia, the search for a pharaoh's treasure by Royan Al Simma, a beautiful
Egyptologist. When her map is stolen and her husband murdered by a German villain,
Royan enrolls the services of an adventurous English nobleman. A dangerous
expedition as the tomb is booby-trapped.
Sofer, Barbara. The Thirteenth Hour. New York: Dutton, 1996. New York: Signet, 1997.
414p.
Two women from the United States fight on opposite sides in the Arab-Israeli conflict.
One is Deborah Stern, a biologist enrolled by the Israeli secret service, the other is
psychologist Raba Alhassan who joins a Palestinian terrorist organization. Both are
influenced by acts of cruelty committed by the other side.
Tarr, Judith. King and Goddess. 1st Ed. New York: Forge, 1996. 384 p.
A strong-headed queen becomes ruler of 2,000 BC Egypt. Already as a bride,
Hatshepsut knew what she wanted, ordering a concubine to teach her husband to make
love before she would sleep with him. The novel also tells the story of the commoner
who became her servant, architect and paramour.
Temple, Frances. The Beduins' Gazelle. New York: Orchard Books, 1996. 150 p.
In 1302, two cousins of the nomadic Beni Khalid tribe who are betrothed become
separated by political intrigue between warring tribes. The last novel from awardwinning author Frances Temple, this companion to "The Ramsay Scallop" is a romantic
tale of intrigue, adventure, and true love, set against the backdrop of medieval Arabia.
Wood, Barbara, (1947-). The Prophetess. Boston: Little, Brown, 1996. New York: Warner
Books, 1997. 484 p
An American archeologist in Egypt discovers papyrus scrolls that clearly establish
women priests existed in early Christianity. The archeologist, a feminist, smuggles the
scrolls to California, pursued by the Egyptians and the Vatican, the latter fearful of
losing male dominance. She is saved from death by a handsome priest with whom she
has a romance.
Wood, N Lee. Looking for the Mahdi. New York: Ace Books, 1996, 1997. 337 p.
An American woman agent, Kay Munad, is assigned to deliver an android to a sheikh in
the Middle East to serve as his bodyguard. The pair are intercepted by enemies, become
involved in a revolution and only survive thanks to the android. An adventure yarn, but
also a look at what it is to be human.
1995
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Belarmi, Rabah. Shattered Vision . New York: Holmes & Meyer, 1995. 163 p.
An Algerian boy tries everything to prevent advancing blindness, something which
happened to the author at the age of 15. The story is told against the background of the
murderous war of independence from France and the post-revolutionary
disappointments.
Collin, Richard. The Man with Many Names. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995. 198 p.
During a long march through a battle in Southern Arabia, an American intelligence
officer, aiding the British army in Oman, known only as The Advisor meets a little
girl—after he has killed her parents—who becomes the means of his redemption from
the dehumanization of war.
Dann, Jack. The Memory Cathedral: a secret history of Leonardo da Vinci : a novel. New
York : Bantam Books, 1995, 1996. 485 p.
What if the 15th Century artist and inventor, Leonardo da Vinci, did not stop with his
design, but actually built his flying machine? That is what happens in this novel, except
that da Vinci's dream is realized not in Italy, but in Syria where he becomes military
adviser to the caliph in a war with the Turks.
Drury, Allen. A Thing of State : a Novel. New York : Scribner, 1995. 383 p.
U.S. Secretary of State Raymond Cass Stanley faces the ultimate challenge when he is
forced to confront the leader of an oil-rich Middle East country that has obtained nulear
weapons and threatens to invade a neighboring nation.
Feder, Harriet K. Mystery of the Kaifeng Scroll : a Vivi Hartman adventure. Minneapolis :
Lerner Publications Co., c1995. 142 p.
Fifteen-year-old Aviva travels to Istanbul to vacation with her mother, but when she
arrives to find her mother missing, Vivi must trust an Arab girl, as well as her own
knowledge of Torah, to unravel the mystery.
Gardner, John. Confessor. New York, NY: Bantam, 1995. Warner, 1996. 402 p.
British secret service agent Herbie Kruger investigates the car-bomb death of a fellow
spy. He uncovers a new terrorist organization made up of Iraqis and the Irish Republican
Army.
Gordon, Graeme. Bayswater Bodycount. New York: Serpent's Tail, 1995. 183p.
A gangland war breaks out in London between two underworld figures, one a Jew, the
other an Arab. It starts when the Jew's son is found tortured to death in the meat locker
of an Arab-owned business. The Jew embarks on a campaign of revenge and the Arabs
reply with more killings. A crime story with political overtones.
Graham, Winston. Tremor. London: Macmillan, 1995. Thorndike Press, 1997. 353 p.
An earthquake strikes Morocco, affecting the lives of a group of guests staying at the
ritzy Hotel Saada in Agadir. They are an English bank robber on the lam, a French
movie actress, an American lawyer deserted by his wife, a young novelist on the make,
and a trio of French prostitutes.
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Low, R. G. 69. Washington, D.C.; London: Minerva Press, 1995. 101 p.
Marcinko, Richard and John Weisman. Rogue Warrior: Green Team. New York; London:
Pocket Books, 1995,1996. 352 p.
An action-adventure novel featuring a former U.S. Navy SEAL who fights terrorism. In
this episode he leads his team against Muslim fundamentalists in Cairo, then flies to
Afghanistan to foil a plot by other terrorists planning to spread anthrax in the West.
Masters, Anthony, (1940-). Hidden Gods: the Doorway. London: Constable, 1995. 187p.
McGehee, Nicole, (1956-). No More Lonely Nights: a Novel. 1st Ed. Boston: Little, Brown
and Co., 1995. 465 p.
A rich girl's search for true love. She is Dominique, daughter of a French planter in
Egypt. As a British officer refuses to divorce for her, she marries Anton of San
Francisco, who turns out to be a rotter. She escapes to New York and marries a
shipping magnate from New Orleans who leaves her. She moves to Washington and
goes after a divorced senator.
Muller, Marcia. A Wild and Lonely Place. New York : Mysterious Press, c1995. Warner,
1996. 326p.
PI Sharon McCone of San Francisco goes after a terrorist who is bombing diplomatic
posts in the U.S. He is threatening to bomb the consulate of an Arab country, and in
arranging protection Sharon becomes involved in a kidnaping as well.
Nance, John J. Pandora's Clock. New York: Doubleday, 1995. St. Martin's Press, 1996. 438p
An airliner whose passengers have been infected with a deadly virus is ordered to land
in the Sahara to be quarantined. As everyone on board will die anyway, the CIA decides
to exploit the situation by shooting it down and blaming Arabs. In the air battle that
follows Capt. James Holland, the pilot of the Boeing 747, shows what he is made of.
Peel, Collin D., (1936-). Dark Armada. Bath, England ; Chivers Press, 1995. 285 p.
Intelligence agencies from several countries, including Arabs and Jews, battle each other
for a secret weapon which uses dust particles to create huge explosions. The hero is
Steven Redman, an American engineer, who stumbles on the invention while probing a
plane crash in the South Pacific at the request of a pilot's widow.
Pineiro, R. J. Retribution. New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 1995. 530 p.
A spy thriller in which Iraq's president Saddam Hussein, teams up with the mob to
smuggle three atom bombs into the U.S. for dropping on U.S. cities. An American
aviator and a beautiful Israeli agent team up to stop him but not before Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, is nuked.
Reid, MacDonald. Jihad: world war in 2036. Edmonton, AB, Canada: Commonwealth
Publications, 1995. 1996. 561 p.
The Faithful, a group of North African Islamic nations, are plotting to seize the oil
resources of the Middle East. By controlling the earth’s oil and its major trade routes,
they plan to bring the world to its knees. Then, when the entire world is kneeling, the
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Faithful of Allah will read to them from the Koran, preaching the message of Islam, the
True Faith. The Faithful will stop at nothing to achieve their goal.
Robinson, Lynda S. Murder at the God's Gate. New York: Walker Pub. 1995. 1st Ballantine
Books Ed. New York: Ballantine Books, 1996. 279 p.
In ancient Egypt, a story of intrigue and espionage at the court of Pharaoh
Tutankhamun. The novel follows Lord Meren, the pharaoh's security chief, as he
combats priests scheming within the walls of the court. Authentic detail on daily life in
ancient Egypt, including the many animals which were part of it.
Roscoe, Patrick. The Lost Oasis. Toronto: [New York]: McClelland & Stewart ; Distributed
by St. Martin's Press in the U.S., 1995. 383 p.
The effect of a mother's absence on children who are on the move. After she is confined
to a mental home, they follow the father's teaching jobs to Asia, Africa, Latin America.
Without a mother for an anchor they grow up rootless, unable to stay in one place. Told
by a son, searching for his father in Morocco.
Saylor, Steven, (1956-) The Venus Throw. New York: Thorndike, Maine : G.K. Hall, 1995.
New York: St. Martin's Paperbacks, 1996. 400 p.
In ancient Rome, Gordianus-the-Finder investigates the murder of Dio, an Egyptian
envoy who came to Rome to protest the rule of the Egyptian king. For Gordianus the
case is a personal matter, Dio having been his teacher of philosophy back in Alexandria.
Tarr, Judith. Pillars of Fire. 1st mass market ed. NewYork: TOR, 1995, 1997. 661 p.
A revisionist-history novel set in ancient Egypt. After failing to impose monotheism on
his people, Pharaoh Akhenaten fakes his death and reemerges under a new name,
Moses, the one of the Ten Commandments. The story is told through the eyes of a slave
girl.
Wilson, Jonathan. The Hiding Room. New York: Viking, 1995. New York: Penguin Books,
1997. 262 p.
A political thriller and romance set in Cairo during World War II. It features Archie
Rawlins, a British intelligence officer, and Esta Weiss, a Jewish woman suspected by
the British of being a Zionist terrorist. He loves her, then betrays her, then tries to save
her. The story is recounted by their son, now a grown man.
1994
Banks, Lynne Reid. (1929-) Broken Bridge. New York: Morrow, 1994. New York: Avon
Books, 1996. 314 p
The two fourteen-year-old, recently arrived in Israel, walk unsuspectingly through the
streets of Jerusalem when they are attacked by two Palestinian Arabs. One of the teens is
killed while the other is left to face horrendous choices and consequences beyond
anything this youngster has had ever known.
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Clifford, Alan K. The Fatherland Files. Wellesley, Mass.: A.K. Peters, 1994. 277 p.
An American doctor stumbles on a plot to supply chemical weapons to Libya. In
Germany to study a new drug for heart irregularities, cardiologist Peter Goodman tries
to get more information and is blocked. When his host is murdered, Goodman turns
sleuth and discovers a conspiracy with roots to World War II concentration camps.
Coonts, Stephen, 1946-. The Red Horseman. New York : Pocket Books, 1994. 406 p
Rear Admiral Jake Grafton, Deputy Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, is
dispatched to Moscow. He and his team are to ensure that all the weapons are destroyed
before they disappear into a Middle East terrorist pipeline. Grafton soon finds that some
American officials want him to fail.
Cullen, Robert, (1949-). Cover Story. New York: Atheneum . 1994. Ballantine, 1995. 326p.
As the Soviet Union crumbles, leaving thousands of nuclear scientists unemployed, the
Syrians move to recruit them for their A-bomb program. Collin Burke, an American
correspondent in Moscow, risks his life to break the story, which certain people in
Russia do not want known.
Davis, Lindsey. Last Act in Palmyra. New York: Mysterious Press, 1994. Warner, 1997.
408p.
The Roman detective, Marcus Didius Falco, goes to Syria in search of an abducted
woman who was a water organist in a circus, a perfect cover to do some spying for the
emperor.
Elkins, Aaron. Dead Men's Hearts. New York: Mysterious Press, 1994, 1995. 243 p.
Professor Gideon Oliver investigates a murder among the ruins of ancient Egypt. The
story begins when skeletons turns up on the site of a film shoot for which Oliver is a
commentator. One of the skeletons is 4,000 years old, which is fair enough, but another
is of far more recent vintage.
Forsyth, Frederick, (1938-). The Fist of God. New York: Bantam, 1994. Corgi Books, 1995.
573 p.
A Gulf War spy story featuring Mike Martin, an Arabic-speaking British agent. He is
sent to Baghdad after the invasion of Kuwait to contact a mole in Saddam Hussein's
entourage, assess the situation and build a resistance movement. The information he
obtains is so unbelievable, his superiors decide he's been duped. (He learns that Saddam
has a doomsday weapon he is planning to use against the Coalition Allies when they
launch Operation Desert Storm.). When they realize their mistake, Martin's mission
becomes even more dangerous.
Gedge, Pauline, (1945). House of Dreams1. Toronto, Ont., Canada: Viking , 1994. 513.
1
Published in the U.s. as Lady of the Reeds. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Soho Press, 1995
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In ancient Egypt, a peasant girl becomes an apprentice to the court physician and it's not
long before she is treating Ramses III himself. So impressed is the pharaoh with her, he
makes her his concubine, a position of great power, but court life is full of intrigue.
Harrison, Payne. Black Cipher. Crown, 1994. 337p.
The protagonist is Faisal Shaikh, a cryptographer with the British government who
deciphers a plot to kill a visiting Arab (Saudi) diplomat. He warns the police, nothing is
done. The diplomat dies and Shaikh is fired from his job. He decides to learn why.
Ignatius, David, (1950). The Bank of Fear. London: Headline, 1994. New York: Avon, 1995.
388 p.
A dead Iraqi dictator's fortune is at the center of this tale, featuring American financial
investigator Sam Hoffman and Lina Alwan, an Iraqi citizen working in London. After
becoming the target of Iraqi gangsters who think she knows where the money is, Alwan
and Hoffman set out to find it.
Jahn, Michael. Murder at the Museum of Natural History: a Bill Donovan Mystery. 1st Ed.
New York: St. Martin's, 1994. 294 p.
A billionaire who raided half the world for his Treasure of the Silk Road exhibit is
stabbed on opening night with Kublai Khan's bejewelled dagger. Everyone suspects
Mohammed Akbar, an Arab terrorist, but Lt. Donovan of the NYPD finds that a little
pat.
James, Deana. Beloved Rogue. New York: Kensington Pub. Corp., 1994. 439 p.
In Victorian London, Maria Thorne, a high-class lady, hires Jacko Walton, a thief, to
find her sister, Melissa, who has disappeared, kidnaped for a London brothel at best,
sold into slavery and shipped to Arabia at worst. In the process of the search, love
blooms between the thief and the lady.
Kinsale, Laura. The Dream Hunter. New York: Berkley Books, 1994. 348 p.
In 1838, Lord Winter who is exploring North Africa hires a Bedouin boy to serve as a
guide. The two are captured and in the course of their confinement Winter discovers the
boy is in fact a woman. They fall in love, are separated in an escape, and after many
adventures are reunited in England.
Kotzwinkle, William. Game of Thirty. Boston: Houghton Mifflin , 1994. Bantam, 1995.
295p.
A wealthy New York antique dealer is murdered while playing the Game of Thirty, a
game played by Egyptian pharaohs. PI Jimmy McShane is hired to find the killer, only
to discover the killer is playing the Game of Thirty with him and Manhattan is the board
on which they make their moves.
Marsella, Anne. The Lost and The Found and Other Stories. New York: New York University
Press, 1994. 198 p.
Immigrant experiences in Europe and America. The protagonists--some legal, some
illegal--come from such places as Turkey, Nigeria, Mexico and Morocco. They perform
a variety of jobs, from cleaning silver in California to TV clapping in Paris.
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Patterson, Andrew M. The Hypocrites : an Epic Novel about the Middle East from 19591989. 1st Ed. [S.l] :A.M. Patterson, 1994. 239 p. Includes bibliographical references
(p. 237).
Peters, Elizabeth . Night Train to Memphis. New York: Warner Books, 1994, 1995. 347 p.
Blackstone Audio Books, 1996.
On learning of a plot to rob the treasure-filled Cairo museum, Vicky Bliss, the assistant
curator of the Munich National Museum, joins a Nile cruise. The object of the trip is to
prevent the burglary by identifying the burglar: the wily Sir John, a master of disguise,
who has been her most dangerous antagonist and her occasional lover.
Pineiro, R. J. Ultimatum. New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 1994. 420 p. .
Navy lieutenant Kevin Dalton teams up with a beautiful Israeli spy and her band of
Kurdish rebels to thwart Sadaam Hussein's revenge for the defeat in the Gulf War. Not
an easy assignment because this time Iraq has the A-bomb.
Pope, Liston, (1943-). Redemption; a Novel of War in Lebanon. 1st Ed. New York: N.A.
Gilbert & Sons, 1994. 294 p.
The civil war in Lebanon is the setting for this tale, its protagonists a Christian
Phalangist soldier and an American woman spying for the Israelis. Lots of authentic
detail, the author having been a World Council of Churches correspondent in Lebanon.
Rizzi, Timothy. The Phalanx Dragon. New York: D.I. Fine, 1994. New York City: Leisure
Books, 1995. 480 p.
During the Gulf War, an American missile veered off course and landed in Iran, giving
the Iranians access to the technology. Now Iran has a missile factory, producing
missiles for use against oil tankers, picking up where its neighbor, Iraq, left off. The
U.S. reacts by sending a carrier group into the area and Duke James is launched from
the USS Enterprise to destroy the factory.
Wouk, Herman, (1915-). The Glory; a Novel. Boston: Little, Brown, 1994. 685 p.
This is the sequel to The Hope (1993). In this novel, Wouk brings on as combatants the
second generation of the military families introduced in The Hope. The Glory carries on
the struggle of memorable characters of The Hope in the post-67 fighting: the Yom
Kipper War, the Entebbe Rescue, and the bombing of Iraq’s nuclear reactor in 1981.
1993
Brown, George, (1930-). Pinpoint. London: Century Limited, 1993. Arrow, 1994. 479 p.
A thriller set in France at the time of the Algerian War in which two officers opposing
Algerian independence assassinate a minister. The novel describes the hunt for the men,
with particular attention to the way the security agencies compete with each other.
Cook, Nick. Aggressor. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin's Press, 1993. 322 p.
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Under covert orders from the National Security Council, an American colonel joins
forces with a British foreign correspondent to trace a series of international terrorist
attacks to their source.
Grover, Wayne. Ali and the Golden Eagle. New York: Greenwillow Books, 1993.
Off from a job with an American company, Wayne explores the western Arabian
mountains where he finds a remote village called Ezratu. There, he meets Ali, a young
shepherd boy who becomes his guide and friend. Ali’s destiny and that of Ezratu are
changed when Wayne succeeds in capturing a baby golden eagle for Ali. The eagle is
named Samson, and Ali trains him to hunt until they win a royal falconry contest. The
government becomes interested in the village and things begin to happen.
Hylton, Sara. In the Shadow of the Nile. London: Century, 1993. Arrow, 1994. 426 p.
The bittersweet story of forbidden love, set in Egypt in the 1920s. The protagonist is
Laura Levinson-Gore, a high class English beauty sent to Egypt to meet her future
husband. On the boat she makes the acquaintance of an Egyptian prince and tragedy
follows, she pregnant, he assassinated.
Kinsolving, William. The Diplomat's Daughter. 1st Ed. New York: N.A. Talese, 1993.
406p.
Lily McCann, the daughter of a U. S. foreign service officer, uses her considerable
beauty to attract glamorous lovers but meets her match in Worth Deloit, a rising star in
the State Department.
Mason, David, (1951-). Shadow Over Babylon. Dutton, 1993, 1995. 485 p.
A discreetly indirect overture from a government minister leads to security expert Ed
Howard, a Special Boat Service veteran, agreeing to take on the assassination of
Saddam Hussein for a $ 10 million pay off. Ed recruits a crack British team, from
volatile Mideast expert Johnny Bourne to Scottish sniper Danny MacDonald.
Rathbone, Julian. Sand Blind. New York: Serpent's Tail, 1993. 287p.
A story of international intrigue, women spies and seduction featuring Arnold
Cartwright, a British engineer working on a radar project for Iraq. The novel presents
the Gulf War from the Iraqi point of view.
Seymour, Gerald. The Fighting Man. Accord, MA: Wheeler Pub., 1993. : 555 p.
Going into self-imposed exile for his part in Desert Storm, former British Special Forces
officer Gord Brown is drawn into the cause of three Guatemalan Indians who are
resisting a military dictatorship. Recruited as a “fighting man”, Gord finds that his past
and future irreversibly entwined as he is plunged into a war without mercy.
Smith, Wilbur. River God. London : BCA, 1993. 1st U.S. Ed. New York: Saint Martin's
Press, 1994. Books on Tape, 1995.
A romance in Egypt in 2000 BC. Tanus, a young warrior, loves Lostris, the daughter of
Lord Istris, the grand vizier. But the father is against the match, wanting his daughter to
marry Pharaoh Moamose. The story is told by Taita, a eunuch in Lostris' employ.
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Wood, Barbara, (1947-). Virgins of Paradise. 1st Ed. New York: Random House, 1993. 521p.
As young girls from the upper-class Rasheed family in Cairo, Jasmine and Camelia are
carefully schooled in Egyptian ritual by their enigmatic grandmother. As they mature
and break away from strict Muslim custom, their lives catapult them into irregular
directions. To the family’s horror Camelia becomes an exotic dancer. At the age of 16,
Jasmine is married off to her cousin, who abuses her physically and psychologically.
When he divorces her due to a rape scandal, Jasmine is banished and forced to leave her
children behind. She pursues her dream of becoming a doctor and only returns to Cairo
when mysteriously summoned by her grandmother.
Wouk, Herman, (1915-). The Hope; a Novel. Boston: Little, Brown, 1993. London: Coronet,
1994. 716 p.
Through the lives of three military families, Wouk traces the first twenty years in the
formation of the state of Israel, its struggle for nationhood and identity. The story begins
in 1948 and covers Israel’s three wars with the Arabs: the 1948 war, the 1956 Suez war,
and the 1967 Six Day War.
1992
Deighton, Len.(1929-) City of Gold. Harper Collins Pubs., 1992. 375 p.
This novel is set in Cairo in the winter of 1942. Gen. Erwin Rommel is on his North
African rampage, which threatens the “city of gold.” Worse still, the legendary Desert
Fox has a spy in place who passes him every move of the Allied strategy of defense.
Maj. Bert Cutler, a Glasgow police officer, has the special assignment of winnowing the
spies, saboteurs, and deserters in the beleaguered city and cutting off the leak.
Easterman, Daniel. Name of the Beast. Harper Collins Pubs. 1992. 476p.
On the eve of the new millennium, religious fundamentalists seize power in Egypt and
wage a campaign of terrorism throughout Europe. The campaign’s new leader is
rumored to be al-Qurtubi, a renegade Catholic priest turned Islamic separatist. A former
British agent is reactivated and sent to Egypt to verify al-Qurtubi’s identity and to serve
as bodyguard to A’sha, wife of a recently kidnapped centrist Egyptian politician. The
two are … cut off from the outside world and haunted by dreams of the anti-Christ and
visions of the Apocalypse.
Freud, Esther. (1963-) Hideous Kinky. London : Hamish Hamilton, Ltd. 1992. Hopewell, NJ:
Ecco Press, 1998. 186 p.
Having been driven through Europe in the mid-1960s, the two little English girls and
their mother finally settle in North Africa. In Marrakech, the mother immerses herself in
the rites of Sufism and contemplates wearing a veil and the children begin to rebel. The
events often take an alarming dimension because they are seen through the eyes of one
of the daughters who serve as a five year old narrator.
Hartov, Steven. The Heat of Ramadan. New York: St. Martin's Paperbacks, 1992. 448 p
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An Israeli hit team sent to Munich to assassinate a Palestinian blow their assignment,
beginning a cat-and-mouse chase with each side shrewdly stalking and, just as cleverly,
evading capture. Finally, the two protagonists confront each other on a parapet at the
Dome of the Rock. The explosive chain of events reverberate in London, Munich,
Greece, Cairo, Israel, and the Soviet Union.
Hoffman, Andrew Jay. Beehive. Sag Harbor, N.Y. : Permanent Press, 1992. 219 p.
When a daughter of a New York multimillionaire, sent on a special mission to Beirut
and is taken hostage on the drive into town from the airport, Ron, her boyfriend, is
jolted from his usual beekeeping tranquility and forced to play the role of valiant savior.
Johansen, Iris. The Golden Barbarian. New York: Bantam Books, 1992. 316 p.
Eager to flee her destiny as princess in the kingdom of Tamrovia, Princess Theresa
Christina Rubinoff strikes a bargain with a handsome barbarian chieftain, vowing to
become his mistress in return for her own independence.
Jones, Harry, (1938-). Shadow in a Weary Land : a Novel. Sag Harbor, N.Y: Permanent
Press,1992. 221 p.
Two American Foreign Service officers are recalled from private life for a six–week
surveillance of Professor Karim Hassan, a Palestinian moderate and U. S. citizen in
danger from extremists. They travel with Hassan through Lisbon, and Rome to Israel
and they are finally kidnapped in Jerusalem, on the orders of wolf-in-sheep’s-clothing
Hassan. After a brief ordeal, they are rescued by an Israeli officer and return to
Washington as heroes.
Melheim, Richard Alan. Unfinished Business. 1st Ed. Stillwater, MN: Creative Outlet, 1992.
240 p
Ondaatje, Michael. The English Patient. London: Bloomsbury, 1992, 1996. 307p.
This book traces the intersection of four damaged lives in an Italian villa at the end of
World War II. Hana, the exhausted nurse; the maimed thief, Caravaggio; the wary
sapper, Kip: each is haunted by the riddle of the English patient, the nameless, burned
man who lies in an upstairs room and whose memories of passion, betrayal, and rescue
illuminate this book like flashes of heat lightning. Some of the action takes place in
Cairo.
Pearce, Michael. The Mamur Zapt and the Spoils of Egypt. London : Harper Collins,1992.
186 p.
In colonial Egypt, Capt. Garth Owen of the British police investigates the smuggling of
antiquities out of the country. The probe is complicated by interference from a rich
American lady who thinks she has the answers and who makes Owen's woman jealous.
Peters, Elizabeth. The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog. Warner Books, 1992. 340p.
In this mystery novel (7th in the series picks up where ‘The Last Camel Died at Noon’
ends) archaeologist Amelia Peabody Emerson and her husband leave their son Ramses
in England to excavate in Egypt. Amelia anticipates time alone with Emerson, but the
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Master Criminal devises otherwise: In his quest for directions to the … Lost Oasis, he
attempts abduction, subterfuge, and espionage.
Smith, J. V. Cradle of Fire New York: Penguin Group, 1992. 413 p.
Ordered to hasten his testing of the Osprey—an advanced attack helicopter upon which
the future of the U. S. military depends—Lt. Col Nelson Miles realizes that his
government plans to use the Osprey in the volatile Middle East.
1991
Crowder, Herbert. Scimitar. New York: Jove Books, 1991.1992. 402 p. NOTES: Previously
published as: Missile zone.
When a powerful ballistic missile, en route to Saudi Arabia, is highjacked by Palestinian
terrorists, a former American intelligence agent and his wife, a Mossad agent, must track
it down, before the Middle East explodes in a final showdown.
Faith, Barbara. Lion of the Desert. New York : Silhouette Books, 1991. 189 p.
Keneally, Thomas. Flying Hero Class. Warner Books, 1991. 289p.
A troupe of Australian aboriginal dancers is flying from New York to Frankfort on the last leg
of a world tour when their jetliner is hijacked by Palestinian terrorists, and Frank
McCloud their manager is identified as an enemy of the people and sentenced to death.
In … [an] account of the next 48 hours Keneally relates blow-by-blow the hijackers’
plot to intimidate, demoralize, and manipulate the minds of a plane load of people.
McKelvy, Natalie A. Mona and the Arabs and Other Works. Harbert, Mich.: Dunery Press,
1991. 439 p.
Pearce, Michael. The Mamur Zapt and the Girl in the Nile. Crime Club, 1991. 186 p.
Recorded Books Inc., 1995.
In colonial Egypt, Captain Garth Owen of the British police investigates the drowning
of a woman from the yacht of a local prince, his work hampered by the disappearance of
her body, as well as political onsiderations.
Peters, Elizabeth, (1927-). The Last Camel Died at Noon. New York: Warner Books, 1991,
1992. 430p.
In this mystery archeologist Amelia Peabody, her handsome, fearless husband,
Radcliffe, and their precocious 11-year-old son, Ramses, are in the Sudan, searching for
archeologist Willoughby Forth, who disappeared 14 years earlier with his new wife.
Rescued in the desert after every camel in their caravan dies, the Emersons are taken to
a lost city where ancient Egyptian customs have been carried into modern times. There,
entangled in two half-brothers’ battle for the throne, Amelia and family fight for the
freedom of the slave class while ferreting out the fate of Forth and his bride.
Skinner, Michael, (1953-). First Air. New York : Avon Books, 1991. 470.
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Victor, Barbara. Friends, Lovers, Enemies : a Novel. Thorndike, Me.: Thorndike Press, 1991
1992. 493 p.
The host of a new documentary series, Sasha Beale, an American television journalist,
saves a dying boy after a terrorist bombing in Rome. But the boy is actually a Mossad
agent trying to gain information about renowned PLO leader Tamir Karami who is to be
interviewed by Sasha Beale. Undercover Israeli Mossad agent Gideon intends to use her
information to assassinate Karami.
Webb, James H. Something to Die For. Morrow, 1991. 333 p.
As decision makers in D. C. mull over an unfolding international scandal—the sale of a
classified U.S. anti-missile system to North Korea by Japan—U.S. soldiers prepare for a
global clash.
1990
Bowles, Paul. A Thousand Days for Mokhtar. Abacus, 1990. 176 p.
Coyle, Harold W. Bright star. Simon & Schuster, 1990. 432p.
In the non-too-distant future, an assassination attempt by Libyan terrorists sparks an
Egyptian retaliatory raid across the borders. As the conflict intensifies, U.S. and Soviet
troops are drawn into the battle. Front-line soldiers on both sides embark on daring
commando raids and face horrific nerve gas attacks.
Crowder, Herbert (1925-). Ambush at Osirak. Grafton, 1989, 1990. [368] p.
Poyer, David. The Gulf. St. Martin's Press, 1990xx. 442 p.
Dan Lenson, is the executive officer on a frigate in the Persian Gulf, assigned to convoy
a succession of oil tankers through perilous waters. Lenson’s shipmates include hardliving helicopter pilots, minor crooks, and idealistic young officers. Not far away, a
group of divers, naval reservists, must battle the hostility of “real” sailors as they
undertake a dangerous mission of their own. Lenson’s physical and mental courage are
sorely tried in the climactic scenes, when he battles enemies and the ocean itself.
Puzo, Mario, (1920-). The fourth K: a Novel. New York: Random House, 1990. Bantam,
1991. 479 p. Random House Audio, 1991.
A pope’s assassination, the kidnapping and subsequent murder of a daughter of a U. S.
president (who happens to be a Kennedy), and the explosion of a nuclear device in
Manhattan are but a few of the elements in this novel.
Robbins, Tom. Skinny Legs and All. Bantam trade pbk. Ed. New York: Bantam Books, 1990,
1995. 422 p.
Waitress/painter Ellen Cherry Charles moves to New York with her …husband,
Boomer. Meanwhile, …(an) evangelist friend of her mother’s is hatching a plot to blow
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up the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. Behind every body’s back, an assortment of
objects (a stick, a shell, a spoon, a sock, and a can of Van De Camp’s baked beans) have
discovered the secret of locomotion and decide to go to the Holy City, stopping off in
Manhattan on the way. There the owners of a Middle Eastern restaurant run by an Arab
and a Jew hire Ellen Cherry, … have a close encounter with the itinerant objects, and
showcase a belly dancer who knows the dance of ultimate cognition.
1989
Alexander, Lloyd. The Jedera Adventure. 1st Ed. New York: Dutton, 1989. 152 p.
Vesper Holly and her faithful guardian Brinny travel to the remote country of Jedera
where they brave many dangers trying to return a valuable book borrowed many years
ago by Vesper's father.
Leib, Franklin Allen, (1944-). Fire Arrow; a Novel. 1st Ballantine Books Ed. New York :
Ballantine Books, 1989 340 p.
Morell, Jane. The Score. London: Robert Hale Limited, 1989. 332 p.
Pearce, Michael (1933-) . The Mamur Zapt and the Night of the Dog. Collins, 1989, 1991.
216p.
This novel is “set in pre-First World War Cairo …. Captain owen, the Mamur Zapt—the head
of the political CID—has to hold the ring between the Christian Coptic and Muslim
Communities, who are bent at getting at each other’s throats. He also has to cope with
some … political manoeuvres, while simultaneously avoiding the clutches of a British
MP’s neice who has come to Cairo to look for a husband, …and mollifying the jealous
rages of his Egyptian mistress.”
Sinclair, Clive, (1948-). Cosmetic Effects. London: Deutsch, 1989. New York: Viking, 1990.
247 p
1988
Brown, Dale, 1956-. Silver Tower. New York: Berkley Books, 1988. 384 p.
Coonts, Stephen, 1946-. Final Flight. Thorndike, Maine : Thorndike, 1988. 601 p.
Coppel, Alfred. Show me a Hero. 1st Ballantine Books ed. New York : Ballantine Books,
1988. 289 p.
Holt, Lawrence, Robert. Good Friday. Markham, Ont. : Penguin Books Canada, 1988. 285p.
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Ing, Dean. The Skins of Dead Men. Forge, 1988.
An Arab ruler hires former CIA agents to abduct his son from his American mother who
fled the kingdom and is now in Mexico. The mother dies but the child is saved by a
vacationing American school teacher. Together they cross into the U.S., but the
kidnapers come after them.
Mantel, Hilary, (1952-). Eight Months on Ghazzah Street. London: Viking, 1988. New York:
Holt, 1997. 278p.
An English couple's life in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia is told through the eyes of Frances, the
wife. She describes the heat, the ugliness and the menace of Islamic law. Men stroll in
the street with rifles and from the apartment upstairs comes sobbing. Her Arab friends
tell her it is nothing, simply a millionaire's mistress, but Frances knows they are lying.
Finally, there is murder.
Oko, Atabo, (1956-). The Secret of the Sheik. Ibadan: Heineman Educational Books (Nig.)
Ltd., 1988. 228 p.
Price, Reynolds, (1933-). Good Hearts. New York : Atheneum, 1988. 310 p.
Steiner, R. Dread. Sun & Moon Press, 1988. 188 p.
Willis, Damon. The Jihad Ultimatum : a Novel. New York: Distributed by W.W. Norton,
1988.
1987
Ignatius, David, (1950-). Agents of Innocence. London: W. H. Allen, 1987. Headline, 1991.
477 p.
This is a tale of espionage involving the contact between the CIA and the PLO in
Lebanon. Tom Rogers is the CIA agent posted in Beirut to penetrate the PLO. Instead
the CIA and the PLO come to work together until the assassination of PLO agent
Ramlawi by the Mossad.
Kaplan, Howard, (1950-). Bullets of Palestine. New York: Gold Eagle, 1987. 316 p.
Israeli and Palestinian agents act together to catch Abu Nidal, who is gunning down
Jews in Europe in order to discredit the PLO. An Israeli agent is dispatched to Europe to
locate Abu Nidal. The Palestinian is only a helper in this unequal relationship.
Seymour, Gerald. At Close Quarters. London: Collins Harvill, 1987. Published as An eye for
an eye. New York: Avon Books, 1989. 380 p.
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1986
D'Alpuget, Blanche. (1944-). Winter in Jerusalem. . New York: Simun & Schuster, 1986.
269 p.
Ghosh, Amitav. The Circle of Reason. London : Hamilton, 1986. Granta Books in
association with Penguin, 1994. 423 p
Hild, Jack. Jihad. 1st Ed. New York: Worldwide, 1986. 219 p.
MacKinnon, Colin. Finding Hoseyn. New York: Arbor House, 1986. 306 p.
This is a story of suspense the action of which takes place in Tehran, Paris and Beirut.
Jim Morgan is a veteran journalist assigned to Tehran. When he learns about the
gunning down of an Israeli soldier on a city street, Jim begins a chase to find out more
about the plot of that killing.
1985
Chute, Carolyn. The Beans of Egypt, Maine : the finished version. New York: Ticknor &
Fields, 1985. SanDiego, Harcourt Brace, 1995. 281 p.
The Beans are the unworthy poor with a vengeance, and the novel is a sequence of their
dismal cozy or audacious moments with one another and their angry or hapless
encounters with outsiders. Between chapters about the Beans, Mrs. Chute narrates the
life of the Beans’ neighbor, Earlene Pomerleau…. Her story—its entirety—consists of
her progress from a childhood dominated by God-fearing Gram and Gram-fearing
Daddy to a worse subjugation—through marriage—as a woman among the Beans.
Griffin ,W. E. B. The Last Heroes. 1st G.P. Putnam's Sons Ed. New York: G.P. Putnam's,
1997. Originally published under the pseudonym Alex Baldwin. New York: Pocket
Books., 1985. 342 p.
The World War II adventures of a group of OSS agents, the highlight of which is the
abduction of a French engineer from Morocco. The man possesses knowledge vital to
the construction of the atom bomb.
Maudsley, Jere. Hunter. New York: Jove Books, 1985, 1987. 246 p.
Kaddafi of Libya wants to develop an atomic bomb in order to destroy Israel. Hunter, a
Viet Nam veteran, is recruited by Israeli intelligence to set a trap for the Canadians who
are furnishing Kaddafi with the necessary materials. Kaddafi and all Arabs are portrayed
as back stabbers who enjy violence for its own sake. The Arabs described are physically
repulsive and ugly. Few books can match the negative image of the Arab portrayed here.
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Meiring, Desmond. A Talk With the Angels. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985. New York:
Worldwide, 1987. 352 p.
Moslem fundamentalists, Israeli rightists, and a British capitalist join in a conspiracy to
kill Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, each one for a different reason. But the book
focusses mainly on the violent eccesses of Islamic fundamentalists.
1984
Barber, Noel. Sakkara. Macmillan Pub. Co. 1984. 520 p.
An exotic locale, political intrigue, high society, romance, exile, adultery, and a
crippling accident are just a few of the elements that make this melodrama set in Egypt
and spanning the years 1919-1953. The noble/narrator hero is Mark Holt, a lawyer and a
member of a British diplomatic family. Serena, his life long love, is the daughter of an
advisor to the Egyptian court. Mark and Serena both marry other people and endure
numerous obstacles and trials, not the least of which is World War II, before they are
united at last.
Buchan, James, (1954-). A Parish of Rich Women. London : Hamilton, 1984. 185p.
Easterman, Daniel. The last Assassin. London : Hodder and Stoughton, 1984. 508 p.
Elliott, Richard. The Sword of Allah. 1st Ballantine Books Ed. New York: Ballantine Books,
1984. 281p.
Gedge, Pauline, (1945-). The Twelfth Transforming. New York : Harper & Row, 1984..
589p.
Shagan, Steve. The Discovery. Morrow, 1984. 355 p
Beautiful young archeologist Gabriella Bercovici and an Italian colleague turn up
artifacts at a Syrian dig which imply that the Syrians may be descended from a Hebrew
tribe. What’s more, three gold triangles seem to hold a code indicating the way to a
tablet bearing the actual last words of Moses, words from God so cataclysmic that the
prophet kept them secret. Gabriella’s discoveries are anathema in the current political
climate, but many groups are after the triangles nonetheless: the CIA, the Syrians, rich
men seeking vengeance or immortality. In the course of investigating some grisly,
almost occult murders, Jack Raines, canny Los Angels Police Department detective,
finds a connection to the dig and comes to assist Gabriella.
Uris, Leon. The Haj. New York: Doubleday, 1984.
It is a novel about Arab-Arab relationship and Arab-Israeli relationship. The Haj of the
title refers both to the pilgrimage and to the central character in the novel Haj Ibrahim
al-Soukori al-Wahhabi, the mukhtar of the village of Tabah. The action of the novel
covers the years between 1922 and 1956 when Ibrahim dies in a Palestinian refugee
camp. An extremely negative picture of the Arabs presented as violent, blood-thirsty,
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un-educated people. It reads like a piece on the evils of Islam and the brutality of the
Arab culture.
1983
Bar-Zohar, Michael.(1938-) And Eitan Haber. The Quest for the Red Prince. New York: W.
Morrow, 1983. 232p.
Caputo, Philip. DelCarso's Gallery. 1st HarperPerennial Ed. New York: Holt, 1983. 352 p.
Goldreich, Gloria. The burning harvest. New York: Berkeley Books, 1983.
The novel deals with a love affair between a Palestinian and Israeli. The hero, Achmed,
falls in love with an Israeli woman and the affair ends tragically, thereby making the
point that romantic relations between Arabs and Jews cannot succeed and therefore
should not be pursued.
Irwin, Robert, (1946-). The Arabian Nightmare. London: Dedalus, 1983. 265p.
Le Carre, John. The Little Drummer Girl. New York: Knopf, 1983.
The plot revolves around a complex scheme by Israeli intelligence agents to capture two
Palestinian brothers known to have planted several homemade bombs that killed a
number of Jews in Germany. It is one of the few novels to portray the Arab-Israeli
conflict in a correct historical context.
MacEwen, Gwendolyn. (1941-). The Honeydrum: Tales From Arab Lands. Oakville, Ont.:
Mosaic Press, 1983.
Sitkin, Patricia. The Alexandros Expedition.. Boston : Alyson Publications, 1983. 224 p.
1982
Arathorn, , D. W. Kamal. New York: Harper & Row, 1982. New York: Avon, 1983. 442 p.
This is a story of a young American’s journey from violence to self-discovery. Through
a series of shattering events that take him from Paris to Syria, and ultimately, to Israel,
Kamal Jibral, trained as a terrorist and now able to practice his new craft, finds he must
confront the reality—and the consequences—of what he has wrought.
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Cohen, Barbara and Bahija Lovejoy. Seven Daughters & Seven Sons. New York: Atheneum,
1982. Beech tree Books, , 1994. 220p.
A retelling of a traditional Arabic tale in which a young woman disguises herself as a
man and opens up a shop in a distant city in order to help her impoverished family.
Durrell, Lawrence. Constance; or, Solitary Practices. New York: Viking, 1982. Penguin,
1987. 393p.
In this novel World War II sweeps over Avignon, scattering the city’s English colony.
While psychoanalyst Constance resumes her studies in Geneva, her husband Sam and
novelist Blanford find themselves in Egypt, where an artillery accident kills the former
and cripples the latter. In Egypt, too, Blanford meets the “real” character he will write
into Monsieur, for Durrell’s sequence is … a novel within a novel.
Harris, Rosemary, (1923-) Zed. London: Faber and Faber,1982, 1990.
Zed, a Lebanese-British teenager, recalls the agonizing ordeal during which he, as a
timid eight-year-old hostage of an Arab terrorist group, learned about courage
Kennedy, Richard, (1932-). The Boxcar at the Center of the Universe . 1st Ed. New York:
Harper & Row, c1982. 89p. Sound cassettes at Salem, Or.: Oregon State Library, 1982.
A sixteen-year-old boy on a journey of self-discovery meets up with a hobo, claiming to
be an Arab, who tells him of his own search for the center of the universe.
1981
Clarkson, Geoffrey. Jihad. New York: Pinnacle, 1981. 318 p.
Islam is waging a holy war against the West, only this time the weapon is money. Arabs
and Iranians unite and form a conspiracy that poses a threat to the world economy. Islam
and the West are portrayed as eternal enemies.
Coppel, Alfred. The Apocalypse Brigade. New York: Holt, 1981. Charter Books, 1983.
The issue here is oil and the attempt by the United States to disrupt its production and to
replace it with a synthetic product. The villains are Saudis and Palestinians and every
negative stereotype attributed to Arabs is revived in this novel.
Kloepfer, Marguerite. The Heart and the Scarab. New York: Avon, 1981. 275 p.
Peters, Elizabeth, (1927-).The Curse of the Pharaohs. New York: Dodd,1981. 453p.
When an archaeological expedition in Egypt is suddenly struck by tragedy, Amelia
Nadher’s husband assume leadership and face the dangers that surround exploration of
the tomb that has been doomed with the Pharoah’s curse. They join the surviving
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members of the expedition, and almost at once it becomes obvious that someone—or
something is intent on destroying them.
Portugali, Menachem, (1939-). Khamsin. London: Macdonald Futura, 1981. 272 p.
The novel is set in Saudi Arabia where the “bad guys” are Saudis and Russians. The
Arab is portrayed as all that the Israeli is not; the novel attributes all positive traits to the
Israelis.
Quinnell, A. J. pseud. The Mahdi. London: Macmillan, 1981. London: Orion, 1996. 252p.
A supposedly retired super spy suggests to a ranking CIA director a plan to regain
control of the Islamic world by creating a ‘miracle’ that will herald the Mahdi who will
have absolute power over 1-billion Islamic believers. Agents from England and the U.S.
work together on the ‘miracle,’ which involves high-technology lasers and the use of the
space shuttle…. When the Russians get wind of the plot, they order a young ballerina to
defect to the British in order to learn the secret of the British-American maneuvers in the
Middle-east. Most of the action takes place in Jeddah, Madinah and Makkah
Tyler, W. T. The Ants of God. Dial Press, 1981. 278 p.
The vast Sudan unfolds before us just as it does to a mercenary pilot and to a feckless
American girl, casual acquaintances who become casual lovers. The man goes where the
money is. The girl is a drifter, a child of her times. Waiting and working quietly in the
heart of the country is a lonely woman, a missionary and a widow. Emily is not religious
as such, but she cares compassionately about people. She is a truly good woman, and
when she and McDermott, the pilot, meet, they are drawn together slowly. Over the
three of them, man, woman, girl, looms the vast, implacable threat of tribal warfare—the
hatred of one group of people for another, and the outside influence of big power
politics.
Warren, Christopher. The Allah Conspiracy. 1st Ed. New York: Beaufort Books, 1981. 238 p.
1980
Alan, Ray. The Beirut Pipeline. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1980. 241p.
An English foreign correspondent doubling as a spy is sent from Cyprus on a
mysterious secret service errand to Beirut, where in the midst of high living his contact
is killed. A sinister but rich Lebanese then sends him to Aleppo where the spy uncovers
a drug operation that may be a cover for leftist subversion.
Collins, Larry and Dominique Lapierre. The Fifth Horseman. New York: Simon & Schuster,
1980. Blackstone Audio Books, 1991. 478p.
The plot is based on a situation where Kaddafi threatens to start a nuclear war. Libyan
leader Qaddafi gives a Carter-like President an ultimatum: the U.S. must force Israel to
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leave the West Bank and East Jerusalem, or a hydrogen bomb hidden in Manhattan will
be detonated in less than two days.
Follett, Ken. The Key to Rebecca. Morrow, 1980. Hampton, N.H.: Eagle large Print, 1993.
509 p.
The story opens in 1942, when Rommel successfully places a German spy in Britishheld Cairo. Alexander Wolff, a German of Egyptian nationality, infiltrates Egypt with
great difficulty, only to attract the unwelcome attention of British intelligence by knifing
an Assyut corporal who threatens his cover…. [Wolff] eludes pursuer Major William
Vandam [and] gains access to battle plans crucial to the defense of Tobruk and Mersa
Matruh…. Using the call sign Sphinx, he transmits messages coded from a copy of
DuMaurier’s Rebecca while hidden on the houseboat of a locally famous… belly
dancer.
Percy, Walker, (1916-). The Second Coming. New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1980. Pocket
Books, 1981. 432 p. Blackstone Audio Books, 1994.
Widower Will Barrett, with very little interest in money and much concern for all the
unhappiness in the world, inherits forty million dollars from his late wife. Will, who has
some episodes of blacking out, is drawn into a rewakening, "a second coming," with the
help of a young escapee from a mental hospital. She becomes for him the light at the
end of a long, dark tunnel.
Thomas, Michael. M. Green Monday. Wyndham Books, 1980. 430pp.
This novel of international monetary intrigue extends “from an oil rich Arabian
Kingdom into the White House. Using computer expertise on a grand scale, the rich but
still greedy sheikhs set up an intricate plot that begins with a cutback in crude oil prices
to $10 a barrel. The stock market goes mad in joy—hence “Green Monday”—but the
billions made by the plotters are only a spin off. What they are really after is pulling the
rug out from under the incumbent President of the United States … When they plan to
suddenly jack the prices up again just before the election and thus hurtle into the Oval
Office a former CIA man to their taste.
1979
Aricha, Amos and Eli Landu. Phoenix. London: Futura Publications, 1979. 298 p. Severn
House, 1980.
The Libyans hire a Westerner to assassinate Moshe Dayan. But the would be assasin
becomes an admirer of Israeli know-how and is repulsed by the ineptitude of the Arabs.
Follett, Ken. Triple. New York: Arbor House, 1979. Penguin, 1991. 342 p.
The novel is based in part on the Israeli theft of uranium from the United States. It sets
out to justify the right of Israel to develop a nuclear bomb while, at the same time,
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disputing the Egyptians’ right to develop atomic weapons. Mossad with the help of
some European allies, finally prevents the Arabs from developing the Arab bomb.
Gordon, Noah. The Jerusalem Diamond. London : Deutsch, 1979. 312 p.
Originally one of the ancient Jewish Temple treasures and subsequently owned by both
Roman Catholics, from whom it had been stolen, the Jerusalem Diamond is now being
offered for sale by an Egyptian. Harry Hopeman, an ancient Jewish American diamond
dealer whose family history has always been tied to the diamond, has been contacted by
representatives of these three religions to procure the gem. By accepting the Israeli
government request to purchase the stone from an incognito Egyptian, Hopeman
undertakes far greater risks than he would normally encounter in the 47th street district
of New York city.
McInerny, Ralph. Lying There. New York: Vanguard Press, 1979. London: Hale, 1980. 250
p.
The language is replete with racial slurs against Arabs and Moslems. It deals with terrorists in
a way that attributes the motives of terrorism to the tribal nature of Arabs.
Naipaul, V. S. A Bend in the River. New York: Knopf, 1979.
Riis, David Allen. The Jerusalem Conspiracy. New York: Dell, 1979. 510p.
The plot centers on “terrorist” attacks and the means used by Israel to repel these attacks. The
characters consist of numerous Israeli female agents, all described as beautiful, brave
and intelligent
Schiff, Barry anf Hal Fishman. The Vatican Target. New York: St Martin's Press, 1979.
London: Severn House, 1982. 273 p.
Trevanian, (1925-) . Shibumi. New York: Random House, 1979. London : Granada, 1980.
411p.
The plot involves Arab merchants . The Arab is perceived as a greedy sexual maniac.
The novel was in the bestseller list.
1978
Eisenberg, Dennis, 1929-. Operation Uranium Ship. London : Corgi, 1978. 196 p.
Fitzsimons, Christopher. Early Warning. New York :Avon, 1981 1978. 250 p.
Frankil, Sandor and Webster Mews. The Aleph Solution. New York: Stein and Day, 1978.
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The Palestinians plan to take over the United Nations and hold the world hostage. A
brave Israeli foil the plan and saves the world.
Harel, Isser (1912-). Jihad. London: Corgi, 1978. 238 p.
The Palestinians are interested in bringing about an all-out war between the Saudis and
the Israelis. Towards this objective they set out to bomb Mecca from an Israeli jet.
Israeli intelligence is in on the plot and manages to abort the plan before any damage is
done.
Harris, Leonard. The Masada Plan. New York: Popular Library, 1978.
This is one of many novels dealing with the possiblity of touchoing off a nuclear
disaster as a result of the Middle East conflict. As the title Masada suggests , Israel is so
determined to survive that it is willing to blow up several nuclear bombs strategically
placed in several capitals. But the novel is written is a tone that requires the world to be
understanding and sympathetic to the predicament of Israel.
Levin, Meyer, (1905-). The Harvest: a Novel. Simon & Schuster, 1978. 670 p.
Markstein, George. The Georing Testament. London: The Bodley Head, 1978. 277 p
Rhodes, Evan H. An Army of Children: The story of the Children's Crusade, A.D. 1212. New
York: Dial Press, 1978. 433 p.
In the year 1212, adolescent mobs in France and Germany resolved to conquer the
infidel and recapture Jerusalem, recent crusades of soldiers and kings having signally
failed to do so…. A Christian boy named Roger and his Jewish sidekick, who goes
along for the ride, fall for the same girl {Laurelle}, save each other’s lives, question the
goodness of God when in travail, and end as the proverbial lame leading the blind.
Updike, John. The Coup. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978.
This novel is “about a black dictator named Ellelou in an imaginary, contemporary,
upper African state called Kush. … Ellelou grew up in Kush when it was a French
colony and still called Noire, studies in a small private college in bucolic Wisconsin and
returned to his homeland to take over the government in the name of revolutionary
socialism. When this story begins in 1973,… [he] realizes that he is losing his power
and a drought plagues the country . …. The main lines of narration deal with the
building governmental imbroglio. Ellelou’s own search to find himself and the tales of
his earlier life with his four wives.
Whittemore, Edward. Jerusalem Poker. Holt, 1978. 405 p.
The three main characters engage in a twelve-year poker game, with total control of
Jerusalem ultimately at stake. During the game, we learn more of these men—Cairo
Martyr, a dealer in aphrodisiac mummy dust; O’Sullivan Beare, a gun running Irish
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patriot; monk Szondi, a dedicated Zionist. During the game which takes place at the
time before World War II, the respective pasts of the men are reviewed.
1977
Cartland, Barbara, (1902-) The Sons of the Sheik. London : Duckworth, 1977. 213 p.
Dan, Uri and Edward Radley. The Eichman Syndrome. New York: A Leisure Book, 1977.
The novel is about the tracking down of a Nazi. However, the plot also portrays Arabs
as anti-Semites interested in bringing about a new Holocaust
Davis, Maggie Hill. The Sheik. New York: Morrow, 1977. Mayflower, 1979. 365 p.
Erdman, Paul Emil, 1932- The Silver Bears. Richmond, Vic.: Marlin Books, 1977. 200 p.
Gedge, Pauline, (1945-). Child of the Morning. London : Raven Books, 1977. 403 p.
Kalb, Marvin L and Ted Koppel. In the National Interest. New York: Simon and Schuster,
1977. 371 p.
Kaplan, Howard, (1950-). The Damascus Cover. New York: Fawcett Crest Books, 1977. 254
p. Sevenoaks: Coronet, 1979.
This book is about the inhumanity of the Syrians in particular and the Arabs in general.
In the process many statements are made about the sexual appetite of the Arabs.
Smith, Maggi. The Sheik. New York: Fawcett Crest, 1977.
The novel features a mixed bag of rich Arabs, images of harems, Moslem fanatics, etc.
It describes the life and character of the richest man in the world. The language is full of
racial slurs.
Stein, Benjamin, (1944-) and Herbert Stein. On the Brink. New York: Simon and Schuster,
1977. Feltham: Hamlyn, 1978. 315 p.
OPEC countries decide to raise the price of oil without any consideration for the
ensuing economic disaster which befalls the United States. Oil prices cause world
inflation and Americans must struggle to survive. The Moslem world is depicted as the
culprit interested in destroying Israel and the United States.
Whittemore, Edward. Sinai Tapestry. 1977. 310p.
1976
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Erdman, Paul, E. The Crash of '79. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1976. Berkley Publishing,
1988. 350 p.
The plot centers on the the Arab oil embargo and the craftiness of the Arabs in money
matters. The Arabs are portrayed as evil human beings motivated by a desire to rob the
West. The stereotype is that of a lazy yet manipulative and unimaginative people.
Osmond, Andrew. Saladin! New York: Doubleday, 1976. Bantam, 1979. 336 p.
Saladin is the vode name for a terrorist operation conducted by Palestinians within
Israel. The objective is to blow up the Israeli intelligence building, but the protagonist is
caught and the mission is aborted. The novel is about Jewish-Arab relations -- 19671973.
Weizman, Ezer. On Eagles' Wings. New York: Berkeley, 1976.
1975
Black, Lionel. Arafat is Next. New York: Stein and Day, 1975. 206 p. Day Books, 1980.
The plot deals with the attempted assassination of Arafat by British agents in retaliation
for the death of one of their friends killed by a bomb set by Palestinians. The novel
portrays the Israelis as superior while Arabs are bumbling fools.
Bowles, Paul. Three tales. New York: F. Hallman, 1975. .
Charles, Robert. A Clash of Hawks. New York: Pinnacle Books, 1975. F. A. Thorpe, 1995.
360 p.
The novel is about the Arab-Israeli conflict. The author perceives the Palestinian
resistance and Islamic Jihad as one and the same. Within the context the Arabs are
waging a holy war against Israel, but Israel wins the day because it has the atomic bomb
and is militarily superior.
Haddad, C. A. The Moroccan. New York: Harper & Row, 1975. W.H. Allen, 1977. 253 p.
This is a thriller featuring a number of sex scenes that depict the Arabs as Barbaric
villains.
Harris, Thomas. Black Sunday. New York: Dell, 1975, 1990. 312 p. Screen Play, 1975.
Paramount Home Video, 1994.
In retaliation for American aid to Israel, an Arab terrorist group has determined to blow
up the Super Bowl. Their prime weapon is Michael Lander, a former Navy pilot, whose
strange psyche, combined with his experiences as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, has
driven him to seek revenge against a world he believes has savaged him. As the pilot of
the Aldrich television blimb that floats above professional football games and a brilliant
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technician, Lander is uniquely qualified to carry out the act of madness that obsesses
him
Lofts, Norah, (1904-). The Homecoming. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1975.
Mather, Berkely. With Extreme Prejudice. London: Collins, 1975. Fontana, 1977. 223p.
Peter Feltham, a British agent, starts out at the Suez canal and ends up in Cyprus, just as
the Turks are beginning their invasion. The agent is looking for a criminal combine
responsible for a number of airline highjackings …. Behind the revolutionists who
hijack planes to demand money and the release of political prisoners there is a criminal
group that takes the money.
Sugar, Andrew. Israeli Commandos. New York; Manor books, 1975.
The action-filled plot revolves around the Arabs as “bad guys” and Israelis who are
noble and courageous. The novel is replete with scenes of sex and violence.
Thompson, Anne Armstrong. Message from Absalom. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1975.
Sevenoaks: Coronet, 1977. 189 p.
1974
Coppel, Alfred. Thirty-Four East. London: Macmillan, 1974. Pan Books, 1976. 384p.
The US and Russia are at the brink of World War III. The President is killed in an
airplane crash, and Vice-President Bailey is kidnapped by a group of Arab terrorists: the
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff convinces the acting President, the Speaker of the
House, that this is a Russian plot. Bailey’s release by the terrorists and the cancellation
of the Red Alert are finally achieved by the cooperation between the US and Russian
military commanders in the Sinai.
Dickinson, Peter.(1927-) The Poison Oracle. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1974. 352p.
A thriller that takes place in a contemporary Arab kingdom where English research
psycholinguist Wesley Morris is employed by the sultan in the study of animal
communication, particularly in regard to Dinah, a chimpanzee learning to form simple
intelligible sentences using plastic symbols. The threat of open warfare over oil rights
together with the wealth of psycholinguistic and anthropological detail lends
verisimilitude to a mystery story in which the chimp Dinah is the only witness to the
murder of the sultan and his bodyguard.
Durrell, Lawrence. Monsieur or, The Prince of Darkness : a novel. New York: Viking, 1974.
London, Faber, 1976. 296 p
Set in France, Italy, and Egypt, the story revolves around a lifelong ‘menage a trois’ (an
English brother and sister, and a male doctor-friend), their philosophic and amatory
quests, and a ritual murder carried out by a cult of Gnostics led by a strange Arab
banker.
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Epton, Nina Consuelo. The burning heart :a novel based on the life of Jane Digby, Lady
Ellenborough. London :Macdonald and Jane's, 1974. 280 p. NOTES: Bibliography: p.
280.
Tsiras, Strates. Drifting Cities. A Trilogy. New York: Knopf; [distributed by Random House],
1974. Athens, Greece : New York : Kedros ; Distributed in North America by Paul &
Co. Publs. Consortium, 1995. [1st American ed.]
1973
Erdman, Paul, E. The Billion Dollar Sure Thing. New York: Scribner, 1973. Berkley
Publishing, 1988. 297 p.
This suspense story has as its basis international finance …. The rising prices of gold
and the decline of the dollar …. Plotting to manipulate the international money market
… is an American who handles Mafia accounts and who switches to investment of Arab
money when he devises a scheme to make billions. The Russians have their own
scheme, as do the Germans, even individuals in American, English and Swiss banks.
The crisis comes when the documents outlining the American government’s plan to save
the dollar are stolen from the private vault of a man with the bank for international
settlements.
Holt, Victoria, (1906-). The Curse of the Kings. London: Collins, 1973. 255 p.
Mannin, Ethel, (1900-). Mission to Beirut. London: Hutchinson, 1973. 208 p.
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Location Index
A
K
Agadir 16 ,
Alexandria 17 ,
Algeria 21 ,9 ,
Arabia 21 ,
Kuwait19 ,
L
Lebanon20 ,
Libya26 ,
B
M
Baghdad19 ,
Beirut40 ,33 ,28 ,23 ,13 ,
Makkah32 ,
Marrakech23 ,
Mecca35 ,
Middle East35 ,
Morocco8 ,
C
Cairo13 ,
D
N
Damascus37 ,
Negev9 ,
North Africa23 ,22 ,19 ,17 ,
E
Egypt39 ,
Ethiopia14 ,
O
Oman17 ,
G
P
Gulf19 ,
Palestine28 ,
I
S
Iran20 ,
Iraq19 ,
Israel22 ,
Sahara16 ,
Saudi Arabia32 ,27 ,24 ,8 ,7 ,
Sinai39 ,
Sudan32 ,25 ,12 ,6 ,
Suez38 ,22 ,
Syria37 ,31 ,30 ,18 ,15 ,12 ,9 ,8 ,
J
Jedera26 ,
Jericho9 ,
Jerusalem12 ,
T
Tabah30 ,
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Author Index
Dann, Jack
Davis, Lindsey
Davis, Maggie
Deighton, Len
De Rosa, Peter
Dickey, Christopher
Dickinson, Peter
Drury, Allen
Durrell, Lawrence
Easterman, Daniel
Eisenberg, Dennis
Elkins, Aaron
Elliot, Richard
Epton, Nina
Erdman, Paul
Faith, Barbara
Feder, Harriet
Fishman, Hal
Fitzimons, Christopher
Flem-Ath, Rose
Follett, Ken
Foote, Tom
Forsyth, Frederick
Frankil, Sandor
Freeman, David
Freemantle, Brian
Freud, Esther
Frey, Stephen
Gardner, John
Gedge, Pauline
George, Margaret
Ghosh, Amitav
Gilman, Dorothy
Givon, Talmy
Glenowen, Owen
Goldreich, Gloria
Gordon, Graeme
Gordon, Noah
Graham, Winston
Griffin, W
Grover, Wayne
Haddad, C.
Harel, Isser
Harris, Leonard
Alan, Ray
Alexander, Meena
Alexander, Lioyd
Anderson, Scott
Anshaw, Carol
Arathorn, D.
Aricha, Amos
Banks, Lynne Reid
Barber, Noel
Bar-Zohar, Michael
Belarmi. Rabah
Bergren, Lisa
Black, Lionel
Bond, larry
Bowles, Paul
Briley, John
Brown, Dale
Brown, George
Buchan, James
Bury, Stephen
Caputo, Philip
Cartland, Barbara
Cawood, Chris
Chafets, Zev
Chamberlin, Ann
Chapman, Vera
Charles, Robert
Chute, Carolyn
Clancy, Tom
Clarkson, Geoffrey
Clifford, Allan K
Cochran, Molly
Cohen, Barbara
Collin, Richard
Collins, Larry
Cook, Nick
Coonts, Stephen
Coover, Robert
Coppel, Alfred
Coyle, Harold
Crowder, Herbert
Cullen, Robert
D’Alpuget, Blanche
Dan, Uri
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Marcinko, Richard
MacKinnon, Collin
Mannin, Ethel
Mantel, Hilary
Markstien, George
Marsella, Anne
Mason, Connie
Mason, David
Masters, Anthony
Mather, Berkely
Maudsley, Jere
Mayle,Peter
Mayne, Elizabeth
Maxim, John
McGehee, Nicole
McInerny, Ralph
McMahon, Barbara
Meiring, Desmond
Melheim, Richard
Moreau. C.X
Morell, Jane
Muller, Marcia
Nance, John
Oko, Atabo
Ondaatje, Michael
Osmond, Andrew
Patterson, Andrew M
Pearce, Michael
Peele, Collin
Percy, Walker
Peters, Elizabeth
Pineiro, R. J.
Pope, Liston
Portugali, Menachem
Poyer, David
Price, Reynolds
Puxo, Mario
Quinnel, A.
Radley, Edward
Raj Bond, Larry
Rathbone, Jullian
Reid, MacDonald
Rhodes, Evan.
Riis, David
Rizzi, Timothy
Robbins, Tom
Harris, Rosemary
Harris, Thomas
Harrison, Payne
Hartov, Stephen
Herman Richard
Hild, Jack
Hoffman, Andrew
Holland, Cecelia
Holt, Robert
Holt, Victoria
Horan, Hume
Howard Stephanie
Hylton, Sara
Ignatius, David
Ing, Dean
Irwin, Robert
Jahn, Michael
James, Deana
Johansen, Iris
Jones, Harry
Kadish, Rachel
Kalb, Marvin
Kaminsky, Stuart
Kaplan, Howard
Keneally, Thomas
Kennedy, Richard
Kinsale, Laura
Kinsolving, William
Kiteley, Brian
Kleier, Glenn
Kloepfer, Marguerite
Koppel, Ted
Kotzwinkle, William
Land, John
Landu, Eli
Lapierre, Dominique
Lawhead, Stephen
Le Carr, John
Leib, Franklin
Levin, Lee
Levin, Meyer
Lichtman, Charles
Lofts, Norah
Lovejoy, Bahija
MacEwen, Gwendolyn
Mackin, Jeanne
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Sugar, Andrew
Tarr, Judith
Thomas, Michael
Thompson, Alfred
Trevanian,
Tyler, W.
Temple, Frances
Tsiras, Strates
Updike, John
Uris, Leon
Victor, Barbara
Warren, Christopher
Warren, Murphy
Web, James
Webster, Mews
Weisman ,John
Weizman, Ezer
Whittemore, Edward
Wilkinson, Marion
Willis, Damon
Wilson, Jonathan
Wood, Barbara
Wood, Lee
Wouk, Herman
Robinson, Patrick
Robinson Lynda
Roscoe, Patrick
Rosenberg, Robert
Saylor, Stephen
Schiff, Barry
Seymour, Gerald
Shagan, Steve
Shelton, Dan
Simon, Beaufort
Simon, Frank
Sinclair, Clive
Sitkin, Patricia
Skinner, Michael
Smith, Cynthia
Smith, J.
Smith, maggi
Smith, Wilbur
Sofer, Barbara
Stein, Benjamin
Steiner, R
Stevenson, Robert
Stewart, Chris
Stone, Robert
Against all Enemies
Day of Wrath
Field of Thunder
From a Sealed Room
The Ape who Guards the Balance
The Last Inauguration
The Reign of the Favored Woman
Triage
Undertow
Murder in the Holy City
The Kill Box
Damascus Gate
The Empty Quarter
Manhattan Music
The First Stone
The Notorious Abbess
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Tom Clancy’s op-center: Acts of War
The Broken Sword
Pope Patrick
Innocent Blood
One of Us
Bomb Grade
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
Mrs. Pollifax
Running Through the Tall Grass
Amber and the Sheikh
The Last Day
Walls of Jericho
Rogue Warrior: Designation Gold
Rogue Warrior: Task Force Blue
Sheik
Chasing Cezanne
Haven
Seeing a Large Cat
Nimitz Class
Eater of Souls
Walls of Terror
Torchlight
Seven Moves
Chosen
The Cobweb
666 plus666plus666 equals 1998
Hang Time
John’s Wife
The Final Judgment
The Vulture Fund
House of Illusions
Death of a Nation
Jerusalem
To the Happy Few
Lion’s Bride
Lieberman’s Law
I know my Songs
Byzantium
King Tut’s Private Eye
Dreams of Empire
The Sheik and the Vixen
Sheik Daddy
Distant Valor
The Hippopotamus Pool
The Enemy Within
Murder at the Feast of Rejoicing
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House of Guilt
Assault on the Venture
Noblesse Oblige
The Seventh Scroll
The Thirteenth Hour
King and Goddess
The Beduin’s gazelle
The Prophetess
Looking for the Mahdi
Shattered Vision
The Man with Many Names
The Memory Cathedral
A thing of State
Mystery of the Kaifeng Scroll
Confessor
Bayswater Bodycount
Tremor
Sixty Nine
Rogue Warrior: Green Team
Hidden Gods
No More Lonely Nights
A Wild and Lonely Place
Pandora’s Clock
Dark Armada
Retribution
Jihad:World War in 2036
Murder at the God’s Gate
The Last Oasis
The Venus Throw
Pillars of Fire
The Hiding Room
Broken Bridge
The Fatherland Files
The Red Horseman
Cover Story
Last Act in Palmyra
Dead Men’s Hearts
The Fist of God
House of Dreams
Black Cipher
The Bank of Fear
Murder at the Museum of Natural History
Beloved Rogue
The Dream Hunter
Game of Thirty
The Lost and the Found
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The Hypocrites
Night Train to Memphis
Ultimatum
Redemption
The Phalanx Dragon
The Glory
Pinpoint
Aggressor
Ali and the Golden Eagle
In the Shadow of the Nile
The Diplomat’s Daughter
Shadow Over Babylon
Sand Blind
The Fighting Man
River God
Virgins of Paradise
The Hope
City of Gold
Name of the Beast
Hideous Kinky
The Heat of Ramadan
Beehive
The Golden Barbarian
Shadow in a Weary Land
Unfinished Business
The English Patient
The Mamur Zapt and the Spoils of Egypt
The Snake, the Crocodile and the dog
Cradle of Fire
Scimitar
Lion of the Desert
Flying Hero Class
The Mamur Zapt and the Girl in the Nile
The Mamur Zapt and the Night of the Dog
The Last Camel Died at Noon
First Air
Friends, Lovers, Enemies
Something to Die For
A Thousad Days for Mukhtar
Bright Star
Ambush at Osirak
The Gulf
The Fourth K
Skinny Legs and All
The Jedera Adventure
Fire Arrow
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The Score
Cosmetic Effects
Silver Tower
Final Flight
Show me a Hero
Good Friday
The Skins of Dead Men
Eight Months on Ghazzah Street
The Secret of the Sheikh
Good Hearts
Dread
The Jihad Ultimatum
Agents of Innocence
Bullets of Palestine
At Close Quarters
Winter in Jerusalem
The Circle of Reason
Jihad
Finding Hoseyn
The Beans of Egypt
The Last Heroes
Hunter
A Talk with the Angels
Sakkara
A Parish of Rich Women
The Last Assassin
The Sword of Allah
The Twelfth Transforming
The Discovery
The Haj
The Quest of the Red Prince
DelCarso’s Gallery
The Burning Harvest
The Arabian Nightmare
The Little Drummer Girl
The Honeydrum
The Alexandros Expedition
Kamal
Seven Daughters&Seven Mothers
Constance
Zed
The Boxer at the Center of the Universe
Jihad
The Apocalypse Brigade
The Heart and the Scrab
The Curse of the Pharaohs
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Khamsin
The Mahdi
The Ants of God
The Allah Conspiracy
The Beirut Pipeline
The Fifth Horseman
The key to Rebecca
The Second Coming
Green Monday
Phonix
Triple
The Jerusalem Diamond
Lying There
The Jerusalem Conspiracy
The Vatican Target
Shibumi
Operation Uranium Ship
Early Warning
The Aleph Solution
Jihad
The Masada Plan
The Harvest
The Georing Testament
An Army of Children
The Coup
Jerusalem Poker
The Sons of the Sheik
The Eichman Syndrome
The Sheikh
The Silver Bears
Child of the Morning
In the national Interest
The Damascus Cover
The sheik
On the Brink
Sinai Tapestry
The Crash of ‘79
Saladin
On Eagles Wings
Arafat is Next
Three Tales
A Clash of Hawks
The Moroccan
Black Sunday
The Homecoming
With Extreme Prejudice
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Israeli Commandos
Message From Absalom
Thirty-Four East
The Poison Oracle
Monsieur
The Burning Heart
Drifting Cities
The Billion Dollar Sure Thing
The Curse of the Kings
Mission to Beirut
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‫ﻣﻠﺨﺺ اﻟﺒﺤﺚ‬
‫ﻻﻗﺖ اﻟﺮواﻳﺎت اﻟﺘﻲ ﺗﺴﻰء ﻟﻠﻌﺮب رواﺟًﺎ آﺒﻴﺮًا ﻓﻲ اﻟﺜﻼﺛﺔ اﻟﻌﻘﻮد اﻟﻤﺎﺿﻴﺔ وأﺻﺒﺤﺖ ﺗﺘﺼﺪر ﻣﺒﻴﻌﺎت‬
‫ﺖ ﻳﻜﺜﺮ ﻓﻴﻪ اﻟﺤﺪﻳﺚ ﻋﻦ اﻟﻌﻮﻟﻤﺔ واﻟﺴﻼم اﻟﻌﺎﻟﻤﻲ‪ .‬وﻓﻲ ﻇﻞ ﻏﻴﺎب اﻷﻋﻤﺎل اﻟﻤﻨﺼﻔﺔ ﻟﻠﻌﺮب‬
‫اﻟﻜﺘﺐ ﻓﻲ وﻗ ٍ‬
‫ﻓﺈن هﺬﻩ اﻟﺮواﻳﺎت ﺳﻴﻜﻮن ﻟﻬﺎ دو ٌر آﺒﻴ ٌﺮ ﻓﻲ ﺗﻜﺮﻳﺲ اﻟﺼﻮرة اﻟﻘﺎﺗﻤﺔ ﻟﻠﻌﺮب وﻋﺎﻟﻤﻬﻢ ﻓﻲ أذهﺎن اﻟﻘﺮاء ﻓﻲ‬
‫اﻟﻐﺮب‪ .‬وﻧﻈﺮًا ﻟﻠﺤﺎﺟﺔ اﻟﻤﻠﺤﺔ إﻟﻰ اﻹﻃﻼع ﻋﻠﻰ هﺬﻩ اﻷﻋﻤﺎل وﺗﺼﺤﻴﺢ ﻣﺎﻓﻴﻬﺎ ﻣﻦ ﻣﻐﺎﻟﻄﺎت ﻓﺈن اﻟﺤﺎﺟﺔ‬
‫ﻞ ﻳﺤﻮي اﻟﻤﻌﻠﻮﻣﺎت اﻟﻼزﻣﺔ ﻋﻦ هﺬﻩ اﻟﺮواﻳﺎت وﻳﻘﺪم ﻧﺒﺬ ًة ﻣﺨﺘﺼﺮة ﻋﻦ ﻣﺤﺘﻮى ﺗﻠﻚ اﻟﻜﺘﺐ‬
‫ﻣﺎﺳ ٌﺔ إﻟﻰ ﻋﻤ ٍ‬
‫ﻼ‪ .‬اﻟﺒﺤﺚ اﻟﺬي ﺑﻴﻦ أﻳﺪﻳﻨﺎ ﻳﺠﻤﻊ اﻟﺮواﻳﺎت اﻟﺘﻲ‬
‫ﻟﻴﻜﻮن ذﻟﻚ ﻓﻲ ﻣﺘﻨﺎول اﻟﺒﺎﺣﺜﻴﻦ واﻟﻤﻬﺘﻤﻴﻦ ﺑﻬﺬا اﻟﻤﺠﺎل ﻣﺴﺘﻘﺒ ً‬
‫ﻼ وﻻ ﻳﺸﻤﻞ اﻷﻋﻤﺎل اﻟﻤﺘﺮﺟﻤﻪ ً‪.‬‬
‫ﺗﻌﺮﺿﺖ ﻟﻠﻌﺮب وﻗﺪ ﻧﺸﺮت ﺑﻴﻦ ‪1973‬م‪1998--‬م ﺑﺎﻟﻠﻐﺔ اﻹﻧﺠﻠﻴﺰﻳﺔ أﺻ ً‬
‫وﻗﺪ رﺗﺒﺖ هﺬﻩ اﻟﺮواﻳﺎت ﺣﺴﺐ اﻟﺘﺴﻠﺴﻞ اﻟﺰﻣﻨﻲ ﻣﺒﺘﺪﺋًﺎ ﺑﺎﻟﺮواﻳﺎت اﻟﺘﻲ ﻧﺸﺮت ﻓﻲ ﻋﺎم ‪ 1998‬و ﻣﻨﺘﻬﻴًﺎ‬
‫ﺑﺎﻷﻋﻤﺎل اﻟﺘﻲ ﺻﺪرت ﻓﻲ ‪ 1973‬ﻋﻠﻤًﺎ ﺑﺄﻧﻲ ﺑﻌﺪ ذﻟﻚ رﺗﺒﺖ اﻟﺮواﻳﺎت اﻟﺨﺎﺻﺔ ﺑﻜﻞ ﻋﺎم ﺗﺮﺗﻴﺒًﺎ أﺑﺠﺪﻳًﺎ‪ .‬ﻷا‬
‫ح ﻋﻨﻬﺎ وﻟﻜﻨﻲ أوردﺗﻬﺎ‬
‫ﺑﺪ ﻣﻦ اﻹﺷﺎرة أن هﻨﺎك ﺑﻌﺾ اﻟﺮواﻳﺎت اﻟﺘﻲ ﻟﻢ أﺗﻤﻜﻦ ﺑﻌﺪ ﻣﻦ اﻟﺤﺼﻮل ﻋﻠﻰ ﺷﺮ ٍ‬
‫ﻟﺘﻌﻢ اﻟﻔﺎﺋﺪﻩ وهﻨﺎك ﻓﻲ ﺁﺧﺮ اﻟﺒﺤﺚ ﻓﻬﺮﺳﺎن أﺣﺪهﻤﺎ ﺑﺤﺴﺐ ﻋﻨﻮان اﻟﺮواﻳﺔ واﻟﺜﺎﻧﻲ ﻳﺨﺘﺺ ﺑﺄﺳﻤﺎء اﻟﻤﺆﻟﻔﻴﻦ‪.‬‬
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