In this Arab time the pursuit of deliverance / Fouad Ajami.
| Author/creator | Ajami, Fouad |
| Other author | Herbert and Jane Dwight Working Group on Islamism and the International Order. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Stanford, California : Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, [2014] |
| Description | xviii, 300 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Essays. Selections |
| Series | Hoover Institution Press publication ; no. 623 Hoover Institution Press publication ; 623. ^A283591 |
| Contents | Foreword / John Raisian -- In memoriam : our magus / Charles Hill -- Introduction : a world foreshadowed -- The Arab awakening, 2011 : the year of living dangerously -- The honor of Aleppo : a Syrian novel and a Syrian revolution -- The sorrows of Egypt -- The secular inheritance -- The sentry's solitude : Pax Americana in the Arab world -- The making of a hijacker : the banal lie and barbarous deeds of a 9/11 terrorist -- Writing Iraq -- The furrows of Algeria -- The traveler's luck : V.S. Naipaul's misunderstanding of Islam -- The humanist in the alleys : Naguib Mahfouz, 1911-2006 -- The making of strangers : Muslims, Jews, and the other 1492. |
| Abstract | "In this collection of bold and wide-ranging essays, Fouad Ajami offers his views on the Middle East, commenting on the state of affairs in Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Egypt, as well as providing historical perspectives on Algeria and Spain. He brings into focus the current struggles of the region through detailed historical analysis and a personal perspective immersed in the literature of the time and place. The author discussess such landmark events as the Algerian civil war, the state of the Arab world shortly after 9/11, and the pan-Arab awakening that began in 2011, as well as current events such as the Syrian rebellion and the repercussions of the brutal response by Bashar al-Assad. In addition, he sheds new light on some of the significant players in the Arab world, past and present, from Naguib Mahfouz, the Nobel laureate of the Arabas, to Ziad Jarrah, the terrorist who is thought to have been at the controls of the plane forced down by its heroic passengers in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, on 9/11"--Publisher's description. |
| General note | A collection of essays previously published in slightly different form. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2015510280 |
| ISBN | 0817914943 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780817914943 (hbk.) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |