| Description |
261 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm |
| Note |
Published in association with the Edinburgh International Book Festival. |
| Summary |
"Fifteen regional experts provide essays that give perspectives on life in the Middle East, focusing on how aspects of its past informs its present, and predicting its future"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Penny Johnson - The significance of a screwdriver -- [1] Lines in the sand : the Great War and the remaking of the Middle East -- Avi Shlaim - The post-Ottoman syndrome -- James Barr - The divisive line : the birth and long life of the Sykes/Picot Agreement -- Salim Tamari - Why did you rename your son? : diaries of the Great War from the Ottoman front -- [2] In the present tense : the unravelling of the old order -- Khaled Fahmy - Opening politics' black box : reflections on the past, present and future of the Egyptian revolution -- Tamim al-Barghouti - Cracked cauldrons : the failure of states and the rise of new narratives in the Middle East -- Justin Marozzi - A long view from Baghdad -- Ramita Navai - Iran : coming in from the cold? -- Alev Scott - Civic courage : the clue to Turkey's future? -- [3] Living and writing in the Middle East : fiction, imagination and history -- Mai al-Nakib - Living and writing in Kuwait : what fiction can do -- Selma Dabbagh - Writing the Middle East, writing Gaza -- Marilyn Booth - Fiction's histories : writers and readers in the Middle East -- [4] Syria in crisis -- Dawn Chatty - What you don't read about the Syrian humanitarian crisis -- Robin Yassin-Kassab - Syria seen and represented -- Malu Halasa - Defying the killers : the emergence of street culture in Syria -- [5] Afterword -- Raja Shehadeh - Palestine and hope. |
| Subject |
Middle East -- History -- 20th century.
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Middle East -- History -- 1979-
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Social change -- Middle East -- History -- 20th century.
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Social change -- Middle East -- History -- 21st century.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Middle East.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Influence.
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Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1979-
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Middle East -- Intellectual life.
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| Added Author |
Shehadeh, Raja, 1951- editor.
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Johnson, Penny (Researcher), editor.
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Edinburgh International Book Festival.
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| ISBN |
9781566560566 (pbk) |
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156656056X (pbk) |
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