Black wave : Saudi Arabia, Iran and the rivalry that unravelled the Middle East
Ghattas, Kim2021
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'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 this book, 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.
Main title:
Author:
Ghattas, Kim, author
Imprint:
London : Wildfire, 2021.
Collation:
400 pages : map (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2020.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781472271136 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
Subject:
Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1979-Radicalism -- Middle East -- History -- 20th centuryRadicalism -- Middle East -- History -- 21st centuryIran -- History -- Revolution, 1979 -- InfluenceAfghanistan -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1979-1989 -- InfluenceMecca (Saudi Arabia) -- History -- Siege, 1979 -- InfluenceHistory
BRN:
1193507