- Abu-Lughod, Lila (2013) Do Muslim Women Need Saving? (Cambridge and London: Harvard University Press)
- Al-Ali, Nadje and Nicola Pratt (eds) (2009) Women and War in the Middle East (London: Zed Books)
- Daniele, Giulia (2014) Women, Reconciliation and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: The Road Not
Yet Taken (London and New York: Routledge)
- Halliday, Fred (2005) The Middle East in International Relations: Power, Politics and Ideology (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press)
- Pappé, Ilan (2004) A History of Modern Palestine (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press)
- Sadiki, Larbi (2015) Routledge Handbook of the Arab Spring: Rethinking Democratization (London and New York: Routledge)
- Said, Edward W. (1979) Orientalism (New York: Vintage Books)
Compulsory readings per each week will be uploaded on Moodle in the beginning of the semester.:
