Middle Eastern Culture Site
	Rachel Schaus BellaOnline's Middle Eastern Culture Editor

Jimmy Carter´s Palestine Peace Not Apartheid
The title of Jimmy Carter´s book Palestine Peace Not Apartheid has been quite controversial, but can you judge a book by its title?

Alia Muhammad Baker - Chief Librarian of Al Basrah (Iraq) Central Library, Cultural Heroine
Librarian Alia Muhammad Baker saved the majority of the collection of the Basra Central Library, and much of the history of Basra, from the looting and destruction of war. Her actions inspired two fabulous children's books and earned her a place in the rich history of Iraqi libraries.

Annotated Bibliography
An annotated bibliography of sources in Middle Eastern culture, particularly those used in preparing this site.

Lords of the Horizions by Jason Goodwin
A review of Lords of the Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire by award winning author Jason Goodwin

We just want to live here - a review
A review of "We just want to live here" by Jerusalem teenagers Amal Rifa´i (Palestinian) and Odelia Ainbinder (Israeli)