Fractured lands
How the Arab World Came Apart
Book • 2016
From the bestselling author of Lawrence in Arabia, this gripping work traces the unraveling of the Arab world through the stories of six individuals: a dissident Egyptian matriarch, a Libyan Air Force cadet, a Kurdish physician, a Syrian university student, an Iraqi women's rights activist, and an Iraqi day laborer who joined ISIS.
It examines the causes from the 2003 Iraq invasion through the Arab Spring, ISIS rise, and refugee crisis, offering a personal view of regional upheaval.
It examines the causes from the 2003 Iraq invasion through the Arab Spring, ISIS rise, and refugee crisis, offering a personal view of regional upheaval.
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