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Dreams and Shadows:

The Future of the Middle East
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Penguin, Feb 28, 2008 - History - 480 pages
The transformation of the Middle East is an issue that will absorb-and challenge-the world for generations to come; Dreams and Shadows is the book to read to understand the sweeping political and cultural changes that have occurred in recent decades. Drawing on thirty-five years of reporting in two dozen countries-through wars, revolutions, and uprisings as well as the birth of new democracy movements and a new generation of activists-award-winning journalist and Middle East expert Robin Wright has created a masterpiece of the reporter's art and a work of profound and enduring insight into one of the most confounding areas of the world.

  

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User Review  - Louise - Goodreads

This is a survey of the current political status in Palestine, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Morocco and Iraq. Through recent events, author Robin Wright sees hope for change in the region. She warns ... Read full review

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User Review  - Gretchen Kulpa - Goodreads

I love the way Robin Wright writes. She is very organized and follows all the gramatical rules. My husband and I went to see her when she was a guest speaker at Western Washington University. Read full review

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Contents

PROLOGUE
ONE
TWO
THREE
FOUR
FIVE
SIX
SEVEN
EIGHT
NINE
TEN
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
Copyright

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Author, journalist and foreign policy analyst Robin Wright has reported from 140 countries for "The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The Sunday Times of London" and "CBS News". She has also written for "The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New York Times Magazine, TIME, Foreign Affairs" and others. Currently a joint fellow at USIP and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Wright has been a fellow at Yale, Duke, Stanford, Brookings Institution and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Ms. Wright is the 2012 recipient of the Overseas Press Club's Cornelius Ryan Award for the best non-fiction book on international affairs: "Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World".

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