Welcome to the AET Book Club. The American Educational Trust is a non-profit, non-partisan organization incorporated in 1982 in Washington, DC, by retired U.S. Foreign Service Officers.

For the past eighteen years, the American Educational Trust has been promoting U.S.-Middle East understanding with an emphasis on informed debate on the Arab-Israeli peace process. Early in AET’s development, its founders recognized the need for quality books about the region and U.S. policies there.

To provide these books, the American Educational Trust began importing thousands of titles about the Middle East from Europe. Four times a year shipments crossed the Atlantic in sea containers to be sold by the newly-formed AET Book Club. Years later, American publishers began to recognize the market for quality, objective books about the Middle East, and began printing thousands of titles in the United States.

Another part of AET’s endeavors is the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, a magazine published ten times per year in Washington, DC. The Washington Report began in 1982 as a bi-weekly eight-page newsletter. Today, it is a 116-page full-color magazine recognized worldwide as a leader in its field. The Washington Report publishes a wide variety of views from and about the Middle East by Jewish, Muslim and Christian writers, many of whom live or have lived in the region.

Along the way, the American Educational Trust has relied on Washington Report subscribers and AET Book Club patrons to help us constantly improve our services. Ultimately, none of our efforts matter unless our customers are satisfied. Please let us know what you think about the AET Book Club by filling out our feedback form. All of the information is confidential and is used solely to improve this website. And like our circulation list, personal information is never sold to anyone—ever.

Finally, please stop in often and check out our “new arrivals” section. We’ll list new titles there as they come in. If you are interested in contributing your feedback on our website or wish to provide some suggested books, please do so by email, or fill out our feedback form. Thanks for visiting and we look forward to hearing from you.