Shifting Sands
The Unravelling of the Old Order in the Middle East
(Sprache: Englisch)
A fresh look at the Middle East today, tomorrow and in the past: fifteen writers, with an introduction by Raja Shehadeh, author of the Orwell Prize-winning Palestinian Walks, and Penny Johnson
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A fresh look at the Middle East today, tomorrow and in the past: fifteen writers, with an introduction by Raja Shehadeh, author of the Orwell Prize-winning Palestinian Walks, and Penny Johnson
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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 spring in relation to Egypt, Iran and Syria. And it asks questions such as: what is it like to be a writer in the Middle East? What does the future hold? And where do we go from here?
For all those who are wearied by the debates surrounding the Middle East - often at best ill-informed and at worst, defeatist propaganda - this intelligent, reasoned perspective on life in the Middle East is a breath of fresh air.
Autoren-Porträt von Raja Shehadeh, Penny Johnson
Raja Shehadeh, geboren 1951, studierte in Beirut Literaturwissenschaft und in London Jura. 1979 gründete er die Menschenrechtsorganisation Law in the Service of Man, deren Anliegen es ist, internationales Recht in den besetzten Gebieten geltend zu machen. Shehadeh lebt in seiner Geburtsstadt Ramallah. Für Wanderungen in Palästina wurde ihm 2008 der Orwell-Preis verliehen, Großbritanniens wichtigste Auszeichnung für politisches Schreiben.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: Raja Shehadeh , Penny Johnson
- 2015, 208 Seiten, Maße: 19,8 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Ed. by Shehadeh, Raja; Johnson, Penny
- Verlag: Profile Books
- ISBN-10: 1781255229
- ISBN-13: 9781781255223
Sprache:
Englisch
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