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Art of the Middle East/North Africa

All titles added within the past twelve months. For a list of book titles in this category 1998 to the present, click here.

Berzock, Kathleen Bickford, and Christa Clarke. Representing Africa in American Art Museums. Seattle: University of Washington, 2011. 312 pp.; Many b/w ills. Paper $40.00 (9780295989617)

Bloom, Jonathan M., and Shelia S. Blair, eds. And Diverse Are Their Hues: Color in Islamic Art and Culture. The Biennial Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art. New Haven, Doha, Qatar, and Richmond, VA: Yale University Press, Qatar Foundation, Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar, and Virginia Commonwealth University, 2011. 408 pp.; 265 color ills.; 5 b/w ills. Cloth $85.00 (9780300175721)

Carver, Jon, and Henry Shukman. Ricardo Mazal: Kora. Exh. cat. New York: Sundadram Tagore Gallery and Buschlen Mowatt Galleries, 2011. 104 pp.; 48 color ills. Cloth $50.00 (9781934491294)

Cats, Ruth, ed. As Is: Arte Israeliana Contemporanea. Exh. cat. Rome: Gangemi Editore, 2011. 240 pp.; Many color ills. Cloth €35.00 (9788849215830)

Contadini, Anna. A World of Beasts: A Thirteenth-Century Illustrated Arabic Book on Animals (the Kitāb Na‘t al-Ḥayawān) in the Ibn Bakhtīshū‘ Tradition. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2012. 210 pp.; 86 color ills. Cloth $142.00 (9789004201002)

Domene, Ramón Rubio. Yeserías de la Alhambra: Historia, Técnica y Conservación (Alhambra plasterwork: History, Technique and Conservation). Granada: University of Granada Press and Patronato de la Alhambra y Generalife, 2011. 300 ills.

Ekhtiar, Maryam D., Priscilla P. Soucek, Sheila R. Canby, and Navina Najat Haidar. Masterpieces from the Department of Islamic Art in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2011. 448 pp.; 377 color ills. Cloth $65.00 (9780300175851)

Gionis, Teresa G., ed. William H. Johnson: An American Modern. Exh. cat. Jacob Lawrence Series on American Artists Washington D.C. and Baltimore, MD: Smithsonian Institute Traveling Exhibition Service and James E. Lewis Museum of Art, Morgan State University, 2011. 120 pp.; 75 color ills. Paper $26.95 (9780295991481)

Gröndahl, Mia. Gaza Graffiti: Messages of Love and Politics. Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2009. 156 pp.; Many color ills. Paper $29.95 (9789774163210)

Harrow, Leonard, and Nora Shawwa, eds. Threads of Identity: Preserving Palestinian Costume and Heritage. Nicosia, Cyprus: Rimal Publications, 2011. 449 pp.; Many color ills. Cloth $95.00 (9789963610426)

Hiebert, Fredrik, and Pierre Cambon. Afghanistan: Crossroads of the Ancient World. Exh. cat. London: British Museum, 2011. 304 pp.; many color ills. £25.00 (9780714111728)

Inankur, Zeynep, Reina Lewis, and Mary Roberts, eds. The Poetics and Politics of Place: Ottoman Istanbul and British Orientalism. Exh. cat. Kağithane: Pera Museum, 2011. 288 pp.; 120 color ills. Paper $60.00 (9780295991108)

Komaroff, Linda. Gifts of the Sultan: The Arts of Giving at the Islamic Courts. Exh. cat. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2011. 336 pp.; 250 color ills. Cloth $65.00 (9780300171105)

Pieri, Caecilia. Baghdad Arts Deco: Architectural Brickwork, 1920–1950. Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2011. 160 pp.; 233 ills. Cloth £ 39.95 (9789774163562)

Porter, Venetia. Arabic and Persian Seals and Amulets in the British Museum. London: British Museum, 2011. 208 pp.; Many color ills. Paper $80.00 (9780861591602)

Skinner, Margarita. Palestinian Embroidery Motifs: A Treasury of Stitches 1850–1950. London: Melisende Publishing Ltd and Rimal Publications, 2007. 203 pp.; Many color ills. Paper $29.00 (9781901764475)

Soueif, Ahdaf, ed. Reflections on Islamic Art. Doha, Qatar: Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing, 2011. 255 pp.; Many color ills. Cloth £35.00 (9789992142608)

Van Ham, Peter. Heavenly Himalayas: The Murals of Mangyu and Other Discoveries in Ladakh. Munich: Prestel, 2011. 176 pp.; 189 color ills.; 15 b/w ills.; 204 ills. Cloth $75.00 (9783791345437)

Visoná, Monica Blackmun. Constructing African Art Histories for the Lagoons of Côte D'Ivoire. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2010. 201 pp.; Few b/w ills. Cloth $109.95 (9781409404408)