Arab World Documentation Unit
AWDU materials, located in the Old Library, include official publications on various aspects of the region (economics, politics, development, social and cultural aspects and history). The holdings cover many different subject areas of interest to those who study the Middle East. Besides the Gulf Region it has strengths in general Middle East economics, politics, and history: particularly the history of the Gulf wars and the Arab-Israeli conflict, and of British and international involvement in the region, 18th century onwards.
Recent Submissions
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Britain's Mideast arms embargo
(International Herald Tribune, 23 February 2010) -
Les éclaireurs Israélites de France : à l'embrasement de la violence doit répondre l'hystérie de la paix.
(Le Monde, 18 February 2010) -
Middle East arms ban the best posture for Britain
(The Times, 18 February 2010) -
Les socialistes de Paris estiment que l’attitude d’Israël depuis 1967 rendait l’affrontement inevitable
(Le Monde, 10 February 2010) -
Flashpoint
(International Herald Tribune, 10 February 2010)