Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East | 
| Author: Robin Wright
Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The
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Sales Rank: 11986
Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 480
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Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.3 x 1.8
ISBN: 1594201110
Dewey Decimal Number: 956.054
EAN: 9781594201110
ASIN: 1594201110
Publication Date: February 26, 2008
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A magnificent reckoning with the extraordinary changes engulfing the Middle East, by one of our greatest reporters on the region
Robin Wright first landed in the Middle East on October 6, 1973, the day the fourth Middle East war erupted. She has covered every country and most major crises in the region since then, through to the rise of Al-Qaeda and the U.S. invasion of Iraq. For all the drama of the past, however, the region's most decisive traumas are unfolding today as the Middle East struggles to deal with trends that have already reshaped the rest of the world. And for all the darkness, there is also hope. Some of the emerging trends give cause for greater optimism about the future of the Middle East than at any time since the first Arab-Israeli War in 1948.
Dreams and Shadows is an extraordinary tour d'horizon of the new Middle East, with on-the-ground reportage of the ideas and movements driving change across the region-and the obstacles they confront. Through the powerful storytelling for which the author is famous, Dreams and Shadows ties together the players and events in Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Morocco, Turkey, the Gulf states, and the Palestinian territories into a coherent vision of what lies ahead.
A marvelous field report from the center of the storm, the book is animated by the characters whose stories give the region's transformation its human immediacy and urgency. It is also rich with the history that brought us to this point. It is a masterpiece of the reporter's art and a work of profound and enduring insight.
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 A hopeful book July 7, 2008
I found this to be a hopeful book. Robin Wright has spent years in the area and has contacts with the power structure. That plus her interviews with "ordinary" people gave her book validity. The middle east world has been expanded with access to the web and television. The seeds for change are there if we just get out of their way and give them time to develop.
Great book!!! May 19, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have read a great deal about what is happening in the Middle East--but by far this book is the best summary regarding what is going on--
I think everybody in our government should be required to read it---
Well written and wonderfully informative--
 Dreams and Shadows become Reality and Clarity May 15, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Finally we have a thoughtful work on the Arab & Persian middle east which is country structured and serious in its depth. Robin Wright offers us a cogent and intense look at each nation, its history, its people, its politics, and whether any real hope is evident for a better future. Now we in the west can grasp why Hamas & Hezbollah have come to be. We know who are their parents and who are their big brothers. We also begin to understand why the people might support such groups which we deem "terrorists" but who appear to those living there to be bearers of the only hope they know. Grab this book and learn.
Nice Overview May 14, 2008
Nice overview of the Middle East with boots on the ground, heard on the street analysis. Would have liked at least a page on Saudi Arabia to provide contrast. Inevitable Bush bash at the end.
A reporter of the best kind April 21, 2008
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
For three decades Robin Wright has worked in the Middle East as the best kind of reporter -- a messenger who really listens to people and conveys their messages straight. In this book she draws on a vast network of people who trust her to convey the real experience of Middle Easterners struggling for a better future. She introduces numerous local heroes from Morocco to Iran, who have risked themselves standing up to despotic rulers. Where the West once supported conservative Muslim rulers against Communists, Wright finds that many of the strongest voices for fairness and liberty are socialists or communists. Where the West has backed Muslim autocrats against Islamists, she finds a new wave of popular movements for religious values have become the strongest challengers to autocracy. Wright honestly conveys the difficulties and courage of these activists. She also conveys their despair over the destructive role of US interventionism in the region. As Syrian dissident Yassin Haj Saleh puts it, "However opposed Syrians are to our own regime, they now distrust the Americans more".
I think this is the kind of direct dialogue with local leaders that we need most from our news professionals.
--author of "The Gardens of Their Dreams"
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