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I was reading Eurocentrism. It's not specifically about the Middle East. But the author writes a lot about a materialist history of West Asia. It was in Hakim's recommended reading list, btw.
Samir Amin can be exceptionally critical of Islam. But he's half-Egyptian, and I'm fully white, and so probably he has a voice to be critical. I was just taken aback by some of the things he wrote.
Here's a Soviet book about the history of the Arab countries from the beginning of Ottoman rule in the 1500s to 1918.
I would recommend "The Arab Lands under Ottoman Rule: 1516-1800" by Jane Hathaway, the book itself is very good but particularly it has stellar bibliography which you can consult for any particular topic that might catch your interest in the overview.
Thanks for all the suggestions! I'll definitely take a look at some of these.