/BaseFont/NZJTLU+CMTT12 /F2 12 0 R Five books to read while you are saving the world by staying at home. endobj %PDF-1.2 >> >> 18 0 obj 277.8 305.6 500 500 500 500 500 750 444.4 500 722.2 777.8 500 902.8 1013.9 777.8 826.4 295.1 531.3] “An artful, gripping, timely, and humane account of the roots and consequences of the destructive rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia from one of the region’s most insightful and incisive observers” —Ambassador William J. Burns, President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and former Deputy Secretary of State, “Skillfully written and scrupulously researched, Black Wave is an essential book in understanding the origins of the modern conflicts in the Middle East.” —Vali Nasr, author of The New York Times bestseller Shia Revival, “Black Wave is a brilliant piece of work. 1138.9 1138.9 892.9 329.4 1138.9 769.8 769.8 1015.9 1015.9 0 0 646.8 646.8 769.8 666.7 666.7 666.7 666.7 611.1 611.1 444.4 444.4 444.4 444.4 500 500 388.9 388.9 277.8 Kim Ghattas seamlessly weaves together history, geopolitics, and culture to deliver a gripping read of the largely unexplored story of the rivalry between between Saudi Arabia and Iran, born from the sparks of the 1979 Iranian revolution and fueled by American policy. EPUB is supported by many e-readers, and compatible software is available for most smartphones, tablets, and computers. By Kim Ghattas Release Date: 2020 Size: 3.14 MB. /Name/F2 734 761.6 666.2 761.6 720.6 544 707.2 734 734 1006 734 734 598.4 272 489.6 272 489.6 EPUB is a technical standard published by the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF). She explores how Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shia Iran, once allies and twin pillars of US strategy in the region, became mortal enemies after 1979. “Skillfully written and scrupulously researched, Black Wave is an essential book in understanding the origins of the modern conflicts in the Middle East.” — Vali Nasr, author of The New York Times bestseller Shia Revival “Black Wave is a brilliant piece of work. /FirstChar 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 606.7 816 748.3 679.6 728.7 811.3 765.8 571.2 /BaseFont/QAAJYA+CMR10 544 516.8 380.8 386.2 380.8 544 516.8 707.2 516.8 516.8 435.2 489.6 979.2 489.6 489.6 795.8 795.8 649.3 295.1 531.3 295.1 531.3 295.1 295.1 531.3 590.3 472.2 590.3 472.2 523.8 585.3 585.3 462.3 462.3 339.3 585.3 585.3 708.3 585.3 339.3 938.5 859.1 954.4 “[A] sweeping and authoritative history" (The New York Times Book Review), Black Wave is an electrifying and audacious narrative examination of how the modern Middle East unraveled and why it started with the pivotal year of 1979. In it, Kim Ghattas argues convincingly that the revolution that brought Ayatollah Khomeini to power in 1979 was one of… More…, Shortlisted for the Cundhill History Prize * A New York Times Editor’s Choice * An Amazon top history book of 2020“[A] sweeping and authoritative history.” —The New York Times Book Review“She serves up a wealth of human interest wrapped in ambiance and atmosphere. 21 0 obj 892.9 585.3 892.9 892.9 892.9 892.9 0 0 892.9 892.9 892.9 1138.9 585.3 585.3 892.9 /FirstChar 33 777.8 694.4 666.7 750 722.2 777.8 722.2 777.8 0 0 722.2 583.3 555.6 555.6 833.3 833.3 This ongoing war for cultural supremacy has led to Iran’s fatwa against author Salman Rushdie, the assassination of countless intellectuals, the birth of groups like Hezbollah in Lebanon, the September 11th terrorist attacks, and the rise of ISIS. /Filter[/FlateDecode] ��KL���j �;��&����;�))N ��R��H �+8|��0���w���l/7����������0� U�h�A] _���v!�2�O����,��E What is the relationship between language, power, and colonialism in Coetzee’s novel Foe? Ghattas reveals how the competition between Tehran and Riyadh, instigated in 1979 by the Iranian revolution and the siege of Mecca―and intensified after the 2003 US invasion of Iraq―led to the instrumentalization of Islam to destroy cosmopolitanism, to force women to veil, and to mobilize sectarian extremists.” —Emma Sky, senior fellow at Yale University’s Jackson Institute and author of In a Time of Monsters, “Clear-eyed and honest, perfectly researched and brilliantly written, a unique book that is about more than the Saudi-Iran rivalry as it illuminates how and why the region began to turn inward over the last 100 years―a must read for outsiders and people in the region.” —Marwan Muasher, Vice President for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and former minister of foreign affairs of Jordan, “Kim Ghattas’s brilliant book Black Wave reveals in masterful detail the rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran, and its pernicious effect on the wider region, from 1979 to the present day — a sharp and sobering analysis, beautifully written, and published at exactly the right time.” —Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, “Whatever happens next in this long-running, oppressive and dangerous Middle Eastern drama, Black Wave will be a vivid, indispensable guide to the story so far.” —Ian Black, former Middle East editor for The Guardian and visiting senior fellow at the Middle East Centre, LSE, “This blistering history of the relentless, all-consuming hostility between Saudi Arabia and Iran reads like a thriller.”—The Sunday Times review, “Ghattas, a former BBC Middle East correspondent who was born and brought up in Beirut, mixes history and reportage to describe the three events of 1979, as well asbtheir origins and consequences. /BaseFont/VELGNC+CMSY7 In it, Kim Ghattas argues convincingly that the revolution that brought Ayatollah Khomeini to power in 1979 was one of three events that year that profoundly shaped — or rather misshaped — the Middle East… a fascinating and winding but highly readable tale.” —The Times (UK)“[An] illuminating account of the origins of sectarian violence and the current political shape of the Muslim world… [a] fluid, fast-moving narrative...Essential for all who follow world events.” —Kirkus Reviews, *starred review*“Skillfully written and scrupulously researched, Black Wave is an essential book in understanding the origins of the modern conflicts in the Middle East.” —Lawrence Wright, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower"The framing of Black Wave is as important as the content. >> “[A] sweeping and authoritative history" (The New York Times Book Review), Black Wave is an electrifying and audacious narrative examination of how the modern Middle East unraveled and why it started with the pivotal year of 1979. << endobj The result is a fascinating and winding but highly readable tale.”, “... a superbly researched and subtly told story—current history at its best.”, “Too many in the West ... wrongly attribute the rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran to age-old theological differences between Sunnis and Shiites. 514.6 514.6] 652.8 598 0 0 757.6 622.8 552.8 507.9 433.7 395.4 427.7 483.1 456.3 346.1 563.7 571.2 “Skillfully written and scrupulously researched, Black Wave is an essential book in understanding the origins of the modern conflicts in the Middle East.” —Lawrence Wright, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower. She shows how they used and distorted religion in a competition that went well beyond geopolitics. 489.6 489.6 489.6 489.6 489.6 489.6 489.6 489.6 489.6 489.6 272 272 272 761.6 462.4 g_��z��fYas���� � Feeding intolerance, suppressing cultural expression, and encouraging sectarian violence from Egypt to Pakistan, the war for cultural supremacy led to Iran’s fatwa against author Salman Rushdie, the assassination of countless intellectuals, the birth of groups like Hezbollah in Lebanon, the September 11th terrorist attacks, and the rise of ISIS.Ghattas introduces us to a riveting cast of characters whose lives were upended by the geopolitical drama over four decades: from the Pakistani television anchor who defied her country’s dictator, to the Egyptian novelist thrown in jail for indecent writings all the way to the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018.

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