A rage for order the Middle East in Turmoil, from Tahrir Square to ISIS
Worth, Robert F.
A rage for order the Middle East in Turmoil, from Tahrir Square to ISIS Robert F. Worth - First edition - 259 Seiten
Includes index Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-242) and index
"A closely-reported work of literary journalism on the Arab Spring and its troubled aftermath"-- " In 2011, a wave of revolution spread through the Middle East as protesters demanded an end to tyranny, corruption, and economic decay. From Egypt to Yemen, a generation of young Arabs insisted on a new ethos of common citizenship. Five years later, their utopian aspirations have taken on a darker cast as old divides reemerge and deepen. In one country after another, brutal terrorists and dictators have risen to the top. A Rage for Order is the first work of literary journalism to track the tormented legacy of what was once called the Arab Spring. In the style of V. S. Naipaul and Lawrence Wright, the distinguished New York Times correspondent Robert F. Worth brings the history of the present to life through vivid stories and portraits. We meet a Libyan rebel who must decide whether to kill the Qaddafi-regime torturer who murdered his brother; a Yemeni farmer who lives in servitude to a poetry-writing, dungeon-operating chieftain; and an Egyptian doctor who is caught between his loyalty to the Muslim Brotherhood and his hopes for a new, tolerant democracy. Combining dramatic storytelling with an original analysis of the Arab world today, A Rage for Order captures the psychic and actual civil wars raging throughout the Middle East, and explains how the dream of an Arab renaissance gave way to a new age of discord. "-- "A closely-reported work of literary journalism on the Arab Spring and its troubled aftermath"--
9780374536794 9780374252946
Arab Spring, 2010-
Politischer Wandel
Revolution
Reaktion
Neigung
Bürgerkrieg
Entwicklung
Tendenz
Naher und Mittlerer Osten und Nordafrika--Arabischer Frühling (2010- )--Politischer Wandel--Revolution--Reaktionäre Orientierung--Bürgerkrieg--Bisherige Entwicklung--Entwicklungsperspektive und -tendenz
Near and Middle East and North Africa--Arab Spring (2010- )--Political change--Reactionary orientation--Civil wars--Previous development--Development perspectives and tendencies
Ägypten--Libyen--Syrien--Ad-Daula al-Islamiya/Daʼiš--Islamischer Staat Irak und Großsyrien--Islamischer Staat--Islamischer Staat im Irak--Islamischer Staat im Irak und in Syrien--Islamischer Staat im Irak und in (Groß-)Syrien--Islamischer Staat im Irak und in der Levante--Jemen--Tunesien
Egypt--Libya--Syria--Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant--Islamic State--Islamic State in Iraq and al-Shām--Islamic State of Iraq and Syria--Yemen--Tunisia
Arab countries--Politics and government--21st century
Naher Osten
Mittlerer Osten
Nordafrika
Class of Fall 2016 Guest speaker
JQ1850.A91
909/.097492708312
A rage for order the Middle East in Turmoil, from Tahrir Square to ISIS Robert F. Worth - First edition - 259 Seiten
Includes index Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-242) and index
"A closely-reported work of literary journalism on the Arab Spring and its troubled aftermath"-- " In 2011, a wave of revolution spread through the Middle East as protesters demanded an end to tyranny, corruption, and economic decay. From Egypt to Yemen, a generation of young Arabs insisted on a new ethos of common citizenship. Five years later, their utopian aspirations have taken on a darker cast as old divides reemerge and deepen. In one country after another, brutal terrorists and dictators have risen to the top. A Rage for Order is the first work of literary journalism to track the tormented legacy of what was once called the Arab Spring. In the style of V. S. Naipaul and Lawrence Wright, the distinguished New York Times correspondent Robert F. Worth brings the history of the present to life through vivid stories and portraits. We meet a Libyan rebel who must decide whether to kill the Qaddafi-regime torturer who murdered his brother; a Yemeni farmer who lives in servitude to a poetry-writing, dungeon-operating chieftain; and an Egyptian doctor who is caught between his loyalty to the Muslim Brotherhood and his hopes for a new, tolerant democracy. Combining dramatic storytelling with an original analysis of the Arab world today, A Rage for Order captures the psychic and actual civil wars raging throughout the Middle East, and explains how the dream of an Arab renaissance gave way to a new age of discord. "-- "A closely-reported work of literary journalism on the Arab Spring and its troubled aftermath"--
9780374536794 9780374252946
Arab Spring, 2010-
Politischer Wandel
Revolution
Reaktion
Neigung
Bürgerkrieg
Entwicklung
Tendenz
Naher und Mittlerer Osten und Nordafrika--Arabischer Frühling (2010- )--Politischer Wandel--Revolution--Reaktionäre Orientierung--Bürgerkrieg--Bisherige Entwicklung--Entwicklungsperspektive und -tendenz
Near and Middle East and North Africa--Arab Spring (2010- )--Political change--Reactionary orientation--Civil wars--Previous development--Development perspectives and tendencies
Ägypten--Libyen--Syrien--Ad-Daula al-Islamiya/Daʼiš--Islamischer Staat Irak und Großsyrien--Islamischer Staat--Islamischer Staat im Irak--Islamischer Staat im Irak und in Syrien--Islamischer Staat im Irak und in (Groß-)Syrien--Islamischer Staat im Irak und in der Levante--Jemen--Tunesien
Egypt--Libya--Syria--Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant--Islamic State--Islamic State in Iraq and al-Shām--Islamic State of Iraq and Syria--Yemen--Tunisia
Arab countries--Politics and government--21st century
Naher Osten
Mittlerer Osten
Nordafrika
Class of Fall 2016 Guest speaker
JQ1850.A91
909/.097492708312