Black Wave
Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Rivalry That Unravelled the Middle East
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Black Wave
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Kim Ghattas, Nan McNamara
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Kim Ghattas
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Nan McNamara
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Kim Ghattas
Özet
'What happened to us?'
For decades, the question has haunted the Arab and Muslim world, heard across Iran and Syria, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, and in the author's home country of Lebanon. Was it always so? When did the extremism, intolerance and bloodletting of today displace the region's cultural promise and diversity?
In Black Wave, award-winning journalist and author Kim Ghattas argues that the turning point in the modern history of the Middle East can be located in the toxic confluence of three major events in 1979: the Iranian revolution; the siege of the Holy Mosque in Mecca; and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Before this year, Saudi Arabia and Iran had been working allies and twin pillars of US strategy in the region - but the radical legacy of these events made them mortal enemies, unleashing a process that transformed culture, society, religion and geopolitics across the region for decades to come.
Drawing on a sweeping cast of characters across seven countries over forty years, Ghattas demonstrates how this rivalry for religious and cultural supremacy has fed intolerance, suppressed cultural expression, encouraged sectarian violence, birthed groups like Hezbollah and ISIS and, ultimately, upended the lives of millions. At once bold and intimate, Black Wave is a remarkable and engrossing story of the Middle East as it has never been told before.
(P)2020 Tantor©2020 Kim Ghattas
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The misery that was unleashed on the Persian and Arab peoples is in parallel to that unleashed on the Russians after the Communist revolution.
I really enjoyed this book. The narration was excellent, the characters chosen to dwell on perfect for the story and the summation poignant and relevant to all.
16 hours flew by!
How it all began
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My only complaint is I found the US-accented narrator slightly grating and not really deserving of a loss of 1 star, although her pronunciation of Arabic was very good.
Overall, an interesting and informative listen
Solid
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Brilliant
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Outstanding synthesis of the ever troubled and highly complex Middle East
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Valuable book
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