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Whistle Stopper - Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East
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Manufacturer: Penguin Press HC, The
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 956.054
EAN: 9781594201110
ISBN: 1594201110
Label: Penguin Press HC, The
Manufacturer: Penguin Press HC, The
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 480
Publication Date: 2008-02-26
Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The
Studio: Penguin Press HC, The
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Summary: A reporter of the best kind
Comment: For three decades Robin Wright has worked in the Middle East as the best kind of reporter -- a messenger who really listens to people and conveys their messages straight. In this book she draws on a vast network of people who trust her to convey the real experience of Middle Easterners struggling for a better future. She introduces numerous local heroes from Morocco to Iran, who have risked themselves standing up to despotic rulers. Where the West once supported conservative Muslim rulers against Communists, Wright finds that many of the strongest voices for fairness and liberty are socialists or communists. Where the West has backed Muslim autocrats against Islamists, she finds a new wave of popular movements for religious values have become the strongest challengers to autocracy. Wright honestly conveys the difficulties and courage of these activists. She also conveys their despair over the destructive role of US interventionism in the region. As Syrian dissident Yassin Haj Saleh puts it, "However opposed Syrians are to our own regime, they now distrust the Americans more".
I think this is the kind of direct dialogue with local leaders that we need most from our news professionals.
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Summary: Intresting Analysis Of The Current Climate In The Middle East
Comment: From reading this book, I feel that I've gained a perseective on the current situation in various mid-east countries from a author who knows the region very well and I thought it was very intresting to read about the diffrent climates in various countries and the prospects of change in those countries.
Anyone who wants to see another perspective on the current Middle East should read this book
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Summary: A Fascinating Read
Comment: A clearly-written account of the current political and social roadmap in the Middle East. This book contains a lot of information and is worth reading more than once in order for everything to sink in. All Americans, especially Republicans, are recommended to read the final chapter - "Iraq and the United States", which has a long list of shocking stats associated with the war in Iraq.
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Summary: The Middle East, After 9-11
Comment: Ms. Wright has written a State of Disunion for the Arabic countries of the Middle East and North Africa, post 9-11. It is an optimistic report of gradual change against the Islamic fundamentalism (Hamas, Hezbollah) that already function as nation-states. The greatest obstacle to change are the entrenched military regimes and the Western interests. The two freely elected governments were Islamic fundamentalism in Algeria in 1992 and Hamas' victory in 2006. Neither election was recognized by the West. A hopeful sign is that the Internet is being used to connect reformers and spread information. Ms. Wright has written a long, interesting book that is full of insight into the world of the Middle East.
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A magnificent reckoning with the extraordinary changes engulfing the Middle East, by one of our greatest reporters on the region
Robin Wright first landed in the Middle East on October 6, 1973, the day the fourth Middle East war erupted. She has covered every country and most major crises in the region since then, through to the rise of Al-Qaeda and the U.S. invasion of Iraq. For all the drama of the past, however, the region's most decisive traumas are unfolding today as the Middle East struggles to deal with trends that have already reshaped the rest of the world. And for all the darkness, there is also hope. Some of the emerging trends give cause for greater optimism about the future of the Middle East than at any time since the first Arab-Israeli War in 1948.
Dreams and Shadows is an extraordinary tour d'horizon of the new Middle East, with on-the-ground reportage of the ideas and movements driving change across the region-and the obstacles they confront. Through the powerful storytelling for which the author is famous, Dreams and Shadows ties together the players and events in Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Morocco, Turkey, the Gulf states, and the Palestinian territories into a coherent vision of what lies ahead.
A marvelous field report from the center of the storm, the book is animated by the characters whose stories give the region's transformation its human immediacy and urgency. It is also rich with the history that brought us to this point. It is a masterpiece of the reporter's art and a work of profound and enduring insight.
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