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Published by moshe dayan center for middle east and african studies mdc at tel aviv university, each issue of bustan typically. Middle east and africa atp association of test publishers. Best books on the middle east, 2011 foreign policy. The industry is even more troubled in the middle east than elsewhere. One interesting development for us is that the art books publisher phaidon press is coming to abu dhabi for the first time.