Iraq Books, Videos and Journals
Resources for Teacher Reference
These books are not intended for children's classroom use, except for The Children's Atlas of the Twentieth Century. They are for teacher reference and background. You may find them useful to deepen your understanding and provide information to students during lessons. The videos may be used for older elementary and middle school students, but you should preview them to be certain they are appropriate for your students. We offer the website information with the same caveat. Preview sites before assigning them as research resources. If you have access to the Internet at school, you may wish to explore some sites with your students.
BOOKS
ABU-LABAN, Baha and Faith T. Zeadey, eds. Arabs in America: Myths and Realities. Wilmette, Illinois: Medina University Press International, 1975.
BATES, Daniel & Amal Rassam. Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1983.
BENNIS, Phyllis & Michel Moushabeck eds. Beyond the Storm: A Gulf Crisis Reader. Brooklyn, NY: Interlink, 1991
BILL, James A. and Robert W. Stookey. Politics and Petroleum: The Middle East and the United States. Brunswick, Ohio; Kings Court Communications; 1975.
BOULLATA, Kamal, ed. Women of the Fertile Crescent: Modern Poetry by Arab Women. Washington, D.C.: Three Continents Press, 1981.
BRIEMBERG, Mordecai. It Was, It Was Not: Essays & Art on the War Against Iraq. New Star Books, 1992.
CHALIAND, Gerard. A People Without a Country: The Kurds and Kurdistan. Interlink Publishing, 1993
COCKBURN, Andrew and Patrick Cockburn. Out of the Ashes: The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein. HarperCollins, 1999
CORTRIGHT, David and George A. Lopez eds. Economic Sanctions: Panacea or Peacebuilding in a Post-Cold War World? Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1995.
GRAHAM-BROWN, Sarah. Sanctioning Saddam: The Politics of Intervention in Iraq. I B Tauris & Co Ltd, 1999
HAZELTON, F. Iraq Since the Gulf War: Prospects for Democracy. London: Zed Books,1994.
HIRO, Philip. The Longest War: The Iran-Iraq Military Conflict. Routledge, 1991.
ISMAEL, Tareq Y. & Jacqueline S. Ismael. Gainesville, Fl: University Press Florida, 1994
KHADDURI, Majid and Edmund Ghareeb. War in the Gulf 1990-91: The Iraq-Kuwait Conflict and its Implications. NY & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997
KHALIDI, Walid. The Gulf Crisis: Origins and Consequences. Washington, DC: Institute for Palestine Studies, 1991.
MARR, Phebe. The Modern History of Iraq. Boulder: Westview Press, 1985. 382p.
MEISALIS, Susan. Kurdistan: In the Shadow of History. Random House, 1997
MINAI, Naila. Women in Islam: Tradition and Transition in the Middle East. Seaview Books; 1981.
MIKHAIL, Mona N. Images of Arab Women: Fact and Fiction. Washington, DC: Three Continents Press, Inc.; 1990.
PETERS, Nancy J. ed. War and War: The New Corporate/Military Order, The Middle East, Insurgencies on the Home Front. San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1992.
SIMONS, Geoff. The Scourging of Iraq: Sanctions, Law and Natural Justice. VHPS/St. Martins Press, 1996
* The Children's Atlas of the Twentieth Century: Chart the Century from World War I to the Gulf War and From 'Teddy' Roosevelt to Nelson Mandela. Millbrook Press, 1995.
REPORTS
"Living Under Sanctions in Iraq: The Oil-For-Food Program and the Intellectual Embargo." (November 1999) American Friends Service Committee. 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA. 19102. Tel: 215/241-7170
"Child and Maternal Health, Nutrition and Welfare in Iraq under the Sanctions." (February 1999) American Friends Service Committee. 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA. 19102 Tel: 215/241-7170
"Sanctions Against Iraq: The Cost of Failure." (Nov. '97) Center for Economic and Social Rights. 105 East 22nd Street #909 New York, NY. 10010. Tel: 212/634-3424
"Unsanctioned Suffering: A Human Assessment of United Nations Sanctions on Iraq." (May 1996). A 44 page report for the Center for Economic and Social Rights. 105 East 22nd Street #909 New York, NY. 10010. Tel: 212/634-3424. $9.00.
"Dollars or Bombs: The Search for Justice through International Economic Sanctions." American Friends Service Committee. 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia PA. 19102. 215/241-7170
Crises in the Gulf. (October 1990) The Institute for Policy Studies, 733 15th Street NW, Suite 1020, Washington, DC 20005; Tel: 202/234-9382.
Bureaucracy of Repression: The Iraqi Government in its own Words. Joost R. Hiltermann, (ed.). Middle East Watch; Human Right Watch, 1994
See also...
Books about Arab Americans and the Arab World for Children
from the American Library Association's Book Links web site.
Video
Benaat Chicago. Daughters of Chicago: Growing Up Arab & Female in Chicago. $25 with study guide. AFSC-Chicago, 59 East Van Buren, #1400 Chicago, Il. 312/427-2533
Collecting Stories From Exile: Chicago Palestinians Remember 1948. $20 includes postage. AFSC-Chicago, 59 East Van Buren, #1400 Chicago, Il. 312/427-2533
Erik Gustafson, Gulf War Veteran, Speaks About his Trip with Voices in the Wilderness to Iraq in 1997. American Friends Service Committee, 92 Piedmont Avenue, NE, Atlanta, GA 30303, (404) 586-0460
The Middle East in Transition (videotape and instruction guide. 46 min.), 1994.
The Southern Center for International Studies, 320 West Paces Ferry Road, NW, Atlanta, GA 30305, Tel: 800/ 261-5763
Stopping the War in the Gulf: A Commentary by Daniel Ellsberg. Operation Real Security. 2076 E. Alameda Drive, Tempe, Arizona 85282. (810)-921-3090
Report from Iraq. 1991. Institute for Policy Studies. 733 15th Street NW, Suite 1020 Washington, DC 20005. Tel: 202/234-9382
Operation Desert Calm: March on the White House, January 27th, 1991. Operation Real Security, 2076 E. Alameda Dr., Tempe, AZ 85282. (602) 921-3090
The Children Are Dying. 28 minute video showing the effects of the continuing sanctions on children in Iraq. 1996. Send $23.00 to: International Action Center, 39 West 14th Street, Suite 206, New York, NY 10011.
Genocide by Sanctions. 28 minute video documents the day-to-day reality on how the sanctions kill. Send $20 to: InternationalAction Center, 39 West 14th Street, suite 206, New York, NY. 10011
Children of the Cradle Produced by the International Relief Association. (800)-827-3543.
Iraq's Youngest Victims. Church World Service. 14 minutes. 1997.
JOURNALS AND BULLETINS
Middle East Studies Association Bulletin. Middle East Studies Association of North America. Distributed by Cambridge University Press. URL: http://www.cua.edu/www/mesabul
ADC Issues. American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Washington, DC. (202) 244-2990
Middle East Report. Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP). Blackwell Publishers, 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148. Phone: 1-800-835-6770
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