Brian Whitaker

What's Really Wrong with the Middle East

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Produktbeschreibung

The problems in the Middle East are always someone else's fault.
While the West blames dictators and extremists, Arabs often blame centuries of foreign interference. For many, both in the East and West, the root problem is a lack of freedom.
Looking beyond the turmoil reported on our TV screens, Guardian journalist Brian Whitaker examines the "freedom deficit" that affects Arabs in their daily lives: their struggles against corruption, discrimination, and bureaucracy, and the stifling authoritarianism that pervades homes, schools, and mosques as well as presidential palaces.
Drawing on a wealth of new research and wide-ranging interviews, Whitaker analyzes the views of Arabs living in the region and argues that in order to achieve peace, prosperity, and full participation in today's global economy, Arabs should embrace political and far-reaching social and cultural change.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Saqi
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 136mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 392g
• ISBN-13: 9780863566240
• ISBN-10: 0863566243
• Artikelnr.: 26394072

Autorenporträt

Brian Whitaker has done a variety of jobs at the Guardian including, most recently, seven years as Middle East editor. He is currently an editor on Comment is Free. He also has his own website devoted to Arab culture and politics: al-bab.com Author of 'Unspeakable Love: Gay and Lesbian Life in the Middle East', published by UCP (2006)

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Acknowledgments 7 Introduction 9 1 Thinking inside the box 17 2 The gilded cage 48 3 States without citizens 82 4 The politics of God 115 5 Vitamin W 148 6 The urge to control 179 7 A sea of victims 231 8 Alien tomatoes 260 9 Escape from history 290 Notes 325 Bibliography 371 Index 375