Shifting Sands
The Unraveling of the Old Order in the Middle East
Northampton, MA : Olive Branch Press, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc., 2016.
Format: Book
Description: 261 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
"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.
Other Authors:
Shehadeh, Raja, 1951- editor.
Johnson, Penny (Researcher), editor.
Edinburgh International Book Festival.
Shehadeh, Raja, 1951- editor.
Johnson, Penny (Researcher), editor.
Edinburgh International Book Festival.
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.
Subjects:
Social change -- Middle East -- History -- 20th century.
Social change -- Middle East -- History -- 21st century.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Middle East.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Influence.
Middle Eastern fiction -- History and criticism.
Middle East -- History -- 20th century.
Middle East -- History -- 1979-
Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1979-
Middle East -- Intellectual life.
Social change -- Middle East -- History -- 20th century.
Social change -- Middle East -- History -- 21st century.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Middle East.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Influence.
Middle Eastern fiction -- History and criticism.
Middle East -- History -- 20th century.
Middle East -- History -- 1979-
Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1979-
Middle East -- Intellectual life.
ISBN:
9781566560566 (pbk)
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY Asia Middle-East Shi | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Nonfiction | In |
HISTORY Asia Middle-East Shi | Southeast | Nonfiction | Out (Due: 6/4/2024) |
Published in association with the Edinburgh International Book Festival.
Includes bibliographical references.
Includes bibliographical references.