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Description edit
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... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Arafat: Add a description of this character.
- Hariri
- Hafez Al Assad
- Khatami
- Gamal Mubarak
- Soroush
- Mohammed
- Nasrallah
- Mernissi
- Habib
- Othmani
- Ganji
- Turk
- Shahbender
- Mashaal
- Ayatollah Khomeini
- Shikaki
- Khamenei
- Allawi
- Saddam Hussein
- Andraos
- Rafsanjani
- Kassem
- Ahmadinejad
- Rajoub
- Bunni
- Nayef
- Barzani
- Zeiny
- Hamdan
- Montazeri
- Amin
- Saleh
- Muslim
- Sadr
- Benzekri
- Osama Bin Laden
- Bush
- Bastawisi
- King Hassan
- Kamal
- Heshmat
- Bayanouni
- Hadi Semati
- Seif
Setting & Locations edit
- Iran
- Lebanon
- Iraq
- Israel
- Syria
- Egypt
- Middle East
- United States
- Islam
- Morocco
- Tehran
- Damascus
- Beirut
- Cairo
- Baghdad
- West Bank
- Washington
- Jordan
- Gaza Strip
- Europe
- France
- America
- Kuwait
- Moudawana
- Saudi Arabia
- Kefaya
- Ramallah
- Palestine
- Kurdistan
- Born
- Hebron
- Britain
- Hama
- Jerusalem
- Oslo
- London
- Afghanistan
- Germany
- New York
- Kirkuk
- Algeria
- Muqata
- Soviet Union
- Paris
- Persia
- North Africa
- Alexandria
- Casablanca
First Sentence edit
On January 25, 2006, the Palestinians became the first Arabs to peacefully and democratically reject the status quo.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Robin B. Wright (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Press HC
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: 1594201110
Page Count: 480
Publisher: Penguin Press HC
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: 1594201110
Page Count: 480
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 956.054
Subjects edit
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics › International › Relations
- Books › History › World › 21st Century
- Books › History › Middle East
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