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 region s 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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Author(s)Neil MacFarquhar
PublisherPublicAffairs
ISBN / ASIN1586486357
ISBN-139781586486358
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Sales Rank1,691,436
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
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Since his boyhood in Qadhafi s 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.