Raja (Hrsg.) Shehadeh

Shifting Sands

The Unravelling of the Old Order in the Middle East

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At a time when the Middle East dominates media headlines more than ever - and for reasons that become ever more heartbreaking - Shifting Sands brings together fifteen impassioned and informed voices to talk about a region with unlimited potential, and yet which can feel, as one writer puts it, 'as though the world around me is on fire'?Collecting together the thoughts and insights of writers who live or have deep roots in there, Shifting Sands takes a look at aspects of the Middle East from the catastrophic long-term effects of the carving up of the region by the colonial powers after World War One to the hopes and struggles of the Arab sprin… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Johnson, Penny (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-1-78283-192-1
EAN: 9781782831921
Produktnummer: 17876991
Verlag: Profile
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 1'737 KB

Über den Autor

List of contributors: James Barr - Avi Shlaim - Salim Tamari - Ramita Navai - Dawn Chatty - Robin Yassin-Kassab - Malu Halasa - Marilyn Booth - Mai Al-Nakib - Selma Dabbagh - Tamim Al Barghouti - Justin Marozzi - Alev Scott-Khaled FahmyRaja Shehadeh is Palestine's leading writer. He is also a lawyer and the founder of the pioneering Palestinian human rights organisation Al-Haq. Shehadeh is the author of several acclaimed books including Strangers in the House and Occupation Diaries and winner of the 2008 Orwell Prize for Palestinian Walks (all Profile). He lives in Ramallah in Palestine.Penny Johnson is an academic at Birzeit University in Ramallah and has published articles and edited a number of important books on Palestine.