The following photobooks are slated for review.
- Wall – Israeli & Palestinian Landscape 2008-2012, Josef Koudelka, Aperture, 2013
- Deeds of War, James Nachtwey, Thames and Hudson Inc., 1989
- Middle East Archive, Middle East Archive, 2021
- An Archive of Love, Middle East Archive, 2023
- Shooting Under Fire: The World of the War Photographer, Peter Howe, Artisan, 2002
- Home Away From Home, Taysir Batniji, Aperture, 2018
- Then Palestine, Larry Towell, Aperture, 1998
- Dies Irae, Paolo Pellegrin, Contrasto, 2011
- Speak Palestine, Speak Again, Martin A. Sugarman, Sugarman Productions, 1997
- No Man’s Land, Larry Towell, Chris Boot Ltd., 2005
- Legacy in Stone: Syria Before War, Kevin Bubriski, powerHouse Books, 2018
- Reza War + Peace, Reza Deghati, National Geographic Society, 2008
- The Only House Left Standing: The Middle East Journals of Tom Hurndall, Tom Hurndall, Trolley Books, 2012
- Unembedded: Four Independent Photojournalists on the War in Iraq, Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, Kael Alford, Throne Anderson, Rita Leistner, Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2005
- I Can Only Tell You What My Eyes See, Giles Duley, Saqi Books, 2017
- La Danse Des Pierres: Les Territoires Occupés Par l’armée Israélienne, Jean-Claude Coutausse, Editions Denoël, 1990
- Of Love & War, Lynsey Addario, Penguin Press, 2018
- Double Blind: War in Lebanon 2006, Paolo Pellegrin and Scott Anderson, Trolley Books, 2007
- My Gaza A City in Photographs, Jehad al-Saftawi, McSweeney’s, 2020
- War is Beautiful: The New York Times Pictorial Guide to the Glamour of Armed Conflict, David Shields, powerHouse Books, 2015
- The Resolution of the Suspect, Miki Kratsman, Radius Books, 2016
- Palestine: A Photographic Journey, George Baramki Azar, University of California Press, 1991
- Visions: Palestine, Andrea Kündig, Kehrer Verlag, 2004
- The Palestinians, Jonathan Dimbleby, Quartet Books Limited, 1979
- Phantom Home, Ahlam Shalabi, Hatje Cantz, 2013
- Palestinians: Life Under Occupation, Nancy Murray, The Middle East Justice Network, 1991
- Arms Against Fury: Magnum Photographers in Afghanistan, Ed. Robert Dannin, powerHouse Books, 2002
- Fractures Lands, Scott Anderson and Paolo Pellegrin, The New York Times, 2016
- Shattered Dreams: Israel and the Palestinians, Judah Passow, Halban Publishers, 2008
- Iraq: The Space Between, Christoph Bangert, powerHouse Books, 2007
- The Victor Weeps: Afghanistan, Fazal Sheikh, Scalo, 1998
- Testament, Chris Hondros, powerHouse Books, 2014
- Afghanistan: Broken Promise, Moises Saman, Charta, 2007
- Yalla Habibi: Living with War in Aleppo, Hosam Katan, Kehrer Verlag, 2017
- Wall, Kai Wiedenhofer, Steidl, 2007
- From the Land of Miracles, Wendy Sue Lamm, Contrasto, 2005
- The Erasure Trilogy, Fazal Sheikh, Steidl, 2015
- The Book of Destruction, Kai Wiedenhofer, Steidl, 2010
- Inferno, James Nachtwey, Phaidon Press, 1999
- Inshallah, Dima Gavrysh, Kehrer Verlag, 2015
- This Is War: Witness of Man’s Destruction, Moises Saman, Charta, 2004
- Gaza Photo Album, Kent Klich, Umbrage Editions, 2010
- Perfect Peace, Kai Wiedenhofer, Steidl, 2002
- Hello Camel, Christoph Bangert, Kehrer Verlag, 2016
- Gaza Works, Kent Klich, Hasselblad Foundation/Koenig Books, 2017
- Perfect Peace, Kai Wiedenhofer, Steidl, 2002
- Black Friday, Kent Klich, Kehrer Verlag, 2015
- Time & Remains of Palestine, James Morris, Kehrer Verlag, 2016
- MOLATHAM, Scott Caruth, Trolley Books, 2019
- NAKBA_DAY, Adrien Vautier, Editions Nuit Noire, 2018
- Suite Égyptienne, Fouad Elkoury, Actes Sud, 1999
- Palestine: L’envers du Miroir, Fouad Elkoury, Editions Hazan, 1996
- Apartheid is a Crime (2nd Edition): Portraits of the Israeli Occupation of Palestine, Mats Svensson, Cune Press, 2020
- Kings of Afghanistan, Pieter-Jan De Pue, Lannoo Publishers, 2019
- Habibi, Antonio Faccilongo, FotoEvidence, 2020
- Palestine Existences Resistances, Ferrari Rogerio, Clandestin, 2008
- Fallen Empires, Shai Kremer, Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2011
The following books or compilations are not true photobooks but document experiences within the Middle East or deal to varying degrees with photography and photojournalism. These books will therefore also be reviewed.
- Palestine: Memories of 1948, Photographs of Jerusalem, Chris Conti and Altair Alcântara, Hesperus Press, 2019
- Body Horror: Photojournalism, Catastrophe, and War, John Taylor, Manchester University Press, 1998
- Gaza: A Legacy of Occupation – A Photographer’s Journey, Dick Doughty and Mohammed El Aydi, Kumarian Press, 1995
- Diaspora from the Middle East and North Africa: Communities, Architecture, Neighborhoods, Eds. Ahmed bin Shabib and Rashid bin Shabib, Lars Müller Publishers, 2019
- After the Last Sky, Edward Said, Pantheon Books, 1986
- From Palestine to Israel: A Photographic Record of Destruction and State Formation, 1947-1950, Ariella Azoulay, Pluto Press, 2011
- Open Gaza: Architectures of Hope, Eds. Michael Sorkin and Dean Sharp, The American University in Cairo Press/Terreform, 2021