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Interview with author Hugh Miles

By Jonathan Mok | Published: May 15, 2008
"I started working freelance for Western newspapers and magazines, covering everything from terrorism to the arts. I was on the point of leaving and then unexpectedly I met an Egyptian girl and fell in love."
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Playing Cards in Cairo: A Review

By Jonathan Mok | Published: May 13, 2008
This is a review of Playing Cards in Cairo by Hugh Miles. ABACUS. 2008.
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God’s Crucible: A Review

By Jonathan Mok | Published: March 24, 2008
This is a review of God's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570-1215, by David Levering Lewis. W.W. Norton. 2008
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A Possible Peace Between Israel and Palestine: A Review

By Jonathan Mok | Published: February 13, 2008
This is a review of A Possible Peace Between Israel and Palestine: An Insider's Account of the Geneva Initiative by Menachem Klein, translated by Haim Watzman. Columbia University Press. 2007.
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People of the Book: A Review

By Jonathan Mok | Published: January 9, 2008
This is a review of Zachary Karabell's People of the Book: The Forgotten History of Islam and the West. John Murray. 2007.
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Lion of Jordan: A Review

By Jonathan Mok | Published: January 3, 2008
This is a review of Avi Shlaim's Lion of Jordan: The Life of King Hussein in War and Peace. Allen Lane. 2007.
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The Oil and the Glory: A Review

By Jonathan Mok | Published: December 26, 2007
This is a review of Steve LeVine's The Oil and the Glory: The Pursuit of Empire and Fortune on the Caspian Sea. Random House. 2007.
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The American Muslim Teenager's Handbook

By Natalia Antonova | Published: December 5, 2007
Continuing this week's tradition of cool interviews, I bring you a conversation with Dilara Hafiz, one of the authors behind The American Muslim Teenager's Handbook, a recent publication that has received praise from the likes of Reza Aslan.
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Power, Faith, and Fantasy: A Review

By Jonathan Mok | Published: December 4, 2007
This is a review of Power, Faith and Fantasy: America in the Middle East 1776 to the Present by Michael Oren. W.W. Norton, 2007
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Dangerous Nation: A Review

By Jonathan Mok | Published: November 26, 2007
This is a review of Dangerous Nation: America’s Foreign Policy from Its Earliest Days to the Dawn of the Twentieth Century by Robert Kagan. Vintage Books, November 2007
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