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The Foreigner's Gift
Free Press 2006; US$ 16.00The fall of Saddam Hussein's brutal regime brought the first glimpse of freedom for Iraq and unleashed elation, resentment, and chaos. On the one hand, there is hope: the Iraqi people have their first chance at independence. On the other hand, there is despair: the country is exploding with violent sectarian and political power struggles. Through... more...
The Dream Palace of the Arabs
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2009; US$ 15.95From Fouad Ajami, an acclaimed author and chronicler of Arab politics, comes a compelling account of how a generation of Arab intellectuals tried to introduce cultural renewals in their homelands through the forces of modernity and secularism. Ultimately, they came to face disappointment, exile, and, on occasion, death. Brilliantly weaving together... more...
The Foreigner's Gift
Free Press 2006; Not AvailableThe fall of Saddam Hussein's brutal regime brought the first glimpse of freedom for Iraq and unleashed elation, resentment, and chaos. On the one hand, there is hope: the Iraqi people have their first chance at independence. On the other hand, there is despair: the country is exploding with violent sectarian and political power struggles. Through... more...
The Foreigner's Gift
Free Press 2006; Not AvailableThe fall of Saddam Hussein's brutal regime brought the first glimpse of freedom for Iraq and unleashed elation, resentment, and chaos. On the one hand, there is hope: the Iraqi people have their first chance at independence. On the other hand, there is despair: the country is exploding with violent sectarian and political power struggles. Through... more...
The Shi'is of Jabal 'Amil and the New Lebanon
Palgrave Macmillan 2006; US$ 100.00Tamara Chalabi highlights the development of a 'politics of demand' and the increased political activism of this community in a time of great change. It also explores how Arab nationalism was transformed from an ideology of opposition and empowerment of marginal communities, into a tool for the assertion of political domination. more...
Self-Criticism After the Defeat
Saqi 2012; US$ 18.94A devastating critique of the Arab world?s political stagnation by one of its most revered thinkers. The 1967 War ? which led to the defeat of Syria, Jordan and Egypt by Israel ? felt like an unprecedented and unimaginable disaster for the Arab world at the time. For many, the easiest solution was to shift the blame and to ignore some of the glaring... more...
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