Rock the Casbah by Robin Wright
This book will look at what's happened to the Islamic world in the intervening decade-and where it's headed over the next decade. Wright takes a look at the most important trend since the birth of extremism - the new anti-jihadis who are trying to rescue the faith from extremists, whether the deviant ideologues loyal to Bin Laden or the rigid theocrats in Iran's Islamic republic. She spent a year wandering the region capturing the stories of people willing to defy extremism to create alternatives. They are a critical component in combating the number one national security challenge for the United States as well as their own countries.“[Wright] provides invaluable context for what she rightly terms `the epic convulsion across the Islamic world’ by listening to voices we don't usually hear...Anyone seeking deeper understanding of the Arab Spring needs to read Wright's formidably well-informed book ….Wright's richly textured portrait of ancient cultures in the throes of wrenching but liberating transformation makes it quite clear that Muslims themselves will decide their future.”
— Los Angeles Times
“…Wright is an expert on the subject and this book is an accessible and riveting account for readers looking to learn more about the post-9/11 Islamic world.”
—Publishers Weekly
“…Wright is one of the most capable observers of the Middle East….her chronicles of counter-jihad, anti-militancy, and women's mobilization are a timely contribution.”
—Huffington Post
Praise for Robin Wright’s
Dreams and Shadows
“Wright has long been one of the best-informed American journalists covering the Middle East, and her reputation is born out here. . . . Her book will be essential reading for anybody who wants to know where it is heading.”
--The New York Times Book Review
“Only Wright could have written Dreams and Shadows because only Wright has traveled so widely, interviewed such diverse leaders, and brought so much wisdom to analyzing the region’s many-sided puzzles. This volume, full of mesmerizing detail and large truths, sets a new standard for scholarship on the modern Middle East.”
--Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State
“If there is such a thing as a pinnacle in the landscape of international journalism, Robin Wright surely stands atop it.”
--The New York Review of Books
“Robin Wright is well aware of the complexities, paradoxes and the seemingly insurmountable dilemmas facing the Middle East today. She reminds us that in facing these challenges we need not resort to military force and violence or resign ourselves to compromise with extremism and tyranny.”
-- Azar Nafisi, author Reading Lolita in Tehran
“The best of all possible worlds: An old hand guides us through the changes in the post-9/11 Middle East, and is able to sort out in a sober, smart way what is really going on.”
--Thomas Ricks, author Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq
Robin Wright is an American journalist who presently works for the Washington Post, where she covers US international policy. She has worked as a foreign reporter in the Middle East, Europe, and Africa for the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Sunday Times (London), CBS News, and the Christian Science Monitor. She's also contributed to publications such as The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the New York Times, and the International Herald Tribune. Wright earned the Gold Medal from the United Nations Correspondents Association for coverage of foreign affairs, the National Magazine Award for coverage of Iran in The New Yorker, and the Overseas Press Club Award for best reporting in any media requiring remarkable courage and innovation for coverage of African wars. She was awarded journalist of the year by the American Academy of Diplomacy for exceptional reporting and analysis of international events, and she received the National Press Club Award and the Weintal Prize for diplomatic reporting for her coverage of US foreign policy.
Wright has also received a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship. Catherine T. and Catherine T. Grant from the MacArthur Foundation. Wright has held fellowships at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Brookings Institution, Yale University, Duke University, Stanford University, UC Santa Barbara, and the University of Southern California.
She has also given numerous talks across the country and has been on ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, and MSNBC shows such as Meet the Press, Face the Nation, This Week, Nightline, PBS NewsHour, Frontline, and Larry King Live.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781439103166 |
| ISBN 10 | 143910316X |
| Title | Rock the Casbah |
| Author | Robin Wright |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Year published | 2011-07-19 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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