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Moudhy Al-Rashid

Moudhy Al-Rashid is an honorary fellow at the University of Oxford’s Wolfson College, where she specializes in the languages and history of ancient Mesopotamia. Originally from Saudi Arabia, where she grew up, she now lives in Oxfordshire with her family and their dogs.

Moudhy Al-Rashid

Books by Moudhy Al-Rashid

Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History
Moudhy Al-Rashid
Hardback, 2025
One of Library Journal's Best Books of 2025

Humanity’s earliest efforts at recording and drawing meaning from history reveal how lives millennia ago were not so different from our own.
Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History
Moudhy Al-Rashid
E Book
One of Library Journal's Best Books of 2025

Humanity’s earliest efforts at recording and drawing meaning from history reveal how lives millennia ago were not so different from our own.
Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History
Moudhy Al-Rashid
Paperback, 2026
One of Library Journal's Best Books of 2025

“Breathes life into the dry clay of philology.” —Dominic Green, Wall Street Journal

Humanity’s earliest efforts at recording and drawing meaning from...

Moudhy Al-Rashid

Books by Moudhy Al-Rashid

Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History

Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History

Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History