THE MIRACLE OF THE KURDS by Stephen Mansfield

THE MIRACLE OF THE KURDS by Stephen Mansfield

New York Times best-selling author Stephen Mansfield was witness to much of the modern history of the Kurds. In this riveting account, Mansfield movingly tells the stories of the people who have fashioned one of the greatest economic and cultural resurrections in human history.

They are the largest people group in the world without a homeland of their own. Despised and persecuted the world over, they even call themselves "the people without a friend." Saddam Hussein tried to wipe them from the face of the earth, killing several hundred thousand of them in the attempt. Their sufferings have become legend.

They are the Kurds, descendants of the ancient Medes best known today from the pages of the Bible -- inhabitants of what the world now calls Northern Iraq.

Yet today the Kurds are rebuilding so brilliantly from war and oppression that even their enemies call it "a miracle." Six star hotels stand where bombs once fell, shopping malls and gleaming schools rise where massacres once occurred. National Geographic and Conde Nast have listed modern "Kurdistan" as a "must-see" tourist destination.

Stephen Mansfield is a freelance photojournalist and author based in Japan who has contributed to over 60 publications, newspapers, and journals around the world. Japanese Stone Gardens: Origins, Meaning, Shape, and Tokyo: A Cultural and Literary History are two of his publications. He is a specialist in the discipline, having visited over 200 Japanese gardens, written extensively on the subject, and constructed his own Japanese garden.

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ISBN 13	9781617950797
ISBN 10	1617950793
Title	THE MIRACLE OF THE KURDS
Author	Stephen Mansfield
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Worthy Publishing
Year published	2014-10-14
Number of pages	272
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