Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday : Unexpected Encounters in the Changing Middle East

English

ISBN: 1586486357

EAN: 9781586486358

Category: Political Science / General/Social Science / Sociology / General/Biography & Autobiography / General/Travel / Middle East / General/Social Science / Customs & Traditions/

Publisher: PublicAffairs

Release Date: 06/08/2011

Synopsis: Since his boyhood in Qadhafis Libya, Neil MacFarquhar has developed a counterintuitive sense that the Middle East, despite all the bloodshed in its recent history, is a place of warmth, humanity, and generous eccentricity. In this book, he introduces a cross-section of unsung, dynamic men and women pioneering political and social change. There is the Kuwaiti sex therapist in a leather suit with matching red headscarf, and the Syrian engineer advocating a less political interpretation of the Koran. MacFarquhar interacts with Arabs and Iranians in their every day lives, removed from the violence we see constantly, yet wrestling with the regions future. These are people who realize their region is out of step with the world and are determined to do something about it--on their own terms.

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Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday : Unexpected Encounters in the Changing Middle East

Illustrated: No

Format: Hardcover

Height: 1.0 inches

Width: 6.13 inches

Length: 9.25 inches

Weight: 21.55 oz

Pages: 400