Yugoslav

• Bridge on the Drina, Ivo Andric.
• Cafe Europa, Slavenka Drakulic.
• A novel by Ismail Kadare.
• Travelouge by Rebecca West.
• Cinema of Dusan Makavajev.

Added 11/19:

• The Balkans: Nationalism, War, and the Great Powers: 1804-1999, by Misha Glenny.

A course of action

Sparked by, of all things, the Ben Affleck film Argo (2012).

• Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution -- a documentary on Iranian cinema, intertwined as it has been with politics.
• The Ayatollah Begs to Differ by Hooman Majd -- a Westernized Iranian's perspective of his ancestral country's contemporary intricacies -- learned about ta'arouf, a custom of excessive politeness, in which one must beg a taxi driver to tell you what is owed and then to accept the pay.
•  Close-Up (early 1990s), film by Abbas Kiarostami -- documentary with re-enactments, depicts the trial and story of a working class man who impersonates a famous Iranian director to gain favor with a family.
• The People Reloaded -- a collection of essays on the 2009 uprisings.
• Shah of Shahs -- shared with Michael.