Middle East Quarterly
Middle East Quarterly - Summer 2026
Founded in 1994 by Daniel Pipes, MEQ is the Middle East Forum’s journal intended for both scholars and the educated public. Policymakers, opinion-makers, academics, and journalists write for and read the Quarterly, which is known for exclusive interviews, in-depth historical articles, and book reviews on subjects ranging from archaeology to politics and on countries from Morocco to Iran.
Summer 2026 Volume 33: Number 3
Summer 2026 Volume 33: Number 3
How Fighters from the 13th Division of the SS Handschar Came to Fight Against Israeli Independence
Book Reviews
Current Issue
By Majid Oukacha. Independently published, 2025. 176 pp. $20 (Amazon paperback); $9.99 (Kindle).
Reviewed by Raymond Ibrahim
Reviewed by Raymond Ibrahim
By Yaacov Katz and Amir Bohbot. New York: St Martin’s Press, 2025. 336 pp.; $19.96 (hardcover); 14.99 (Kindle)
Reviewed by Jonathan Spyer
Reviewed by Jonathan Spyer
By Nubar Hovsepian. Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, 2025. 317 pp.; $49.95 (hardcover); $24.95 (paperback)
Reviewed by Craig Considine
Reviewed by Craig Considine
By Shaherzad Ahmadi. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2024. 256 pp.; $55 (hardcover)
Reviewed by Michael Rubin
Reviewed by Michael Rubin
By Rahaf Aldoughli. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2024. 224 pp.; $130 (hardcover)
Reviewed by Zainab Al-Suwaij
Reviewed by Zainab Al-Suwaij
Translated and edited by Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi. London: Routledge, 2025. 184 pp.; $142.50 (hardcover), $42.74 (Kindle)
Reviewed by Darío Fernández-Morera
Reviewed by Darío Fernández-Morera
By Nathan Thrall. New York: Metropolitan Books, 2023. 272 pp., $29.99 (hardcover)
Reviewed by Alex Safian
Reviewed by Alex Safian
By Scott Anderson. New York: Doubleday, 2025. 512 pp.; $35 (hardcover).
Reviewed by Patrick Clawson
Reviewed by Patrick Clawson
By Asaf Romirowsky and Donna Robinson Divine •
Boston: Academic Studies Press, 2025. 344 pp., $49 (hardcover and eBook)
Reviewed by Mitchell Bard
Boston: Academic Studies Press, 2025. 344 pp., $49 (hardcover and eBook)
Reviewed by Mitchell Bard
By Theo Padnos • New York: Scribner, 2022. 400 pp., $25.00 (paperback)
Reviewed by Jonathan Spyer
Reviewed by Jonathan Spyer
Issue Archive
By David H. Stone. London: Vallentine Mitchell, 2025. 248 pp., $69.95 (hardcover), $24.95 (paperback)
Reviewed by Judith Friedman Rosen
Reviewed by Judith Friedman Rosen
By Jonathan Harounoff • Castroville, Texas: Black Rose, 2025. 181 pp.; $25.95 (hardcover), $15.95 (paperback)
Reviewed by Michael Rubin
By Edwin Black • Washington, DC: Dialog Press, 2025. 131pp., $30.00 (hardcover); $25.00 (paperback)
Review by Efraim Inbar
Review by Efraim Inbar
By Roxanne L. Euben • Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2025. 280 pp., $99.95 (hardcover); $29.95 (paperback)
Reviewed by Craig Considine
Reviewed by Craig Considine
By İsmail Albayrak • Singapore: Springer, 2024. xx+144 pp., $109.99 (paperback), $84.99 (eBook)
Reviewed by Tom Gage
Reviewed by Tom Gage
By John David Ragan • New York and Cairo: The American University in Cairo (AUC) Press, 2025. 349 pp; $69.95 (hardback), $68.99 (PDF), $68.99 (EPUB)
Reviewed by Roger F. S. Kaplan
Reviewed by Roger F. S. Kaplan
By Yaron Peleg, Eran Kaplan, and Ido Rosen • Austin: University of Texas Press, 2025. 364 pp., $55.00 (hardcover)
Reviewed by Sariel Birnbaum
Reviewed by Sariel Birnbaum
