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A rage for order : the Middle East in turmoil, from Tahrir Square to ISIS, Robert F. Worth

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  • "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"--
Language
eng
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Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
259 pages
Contents
  • Revolts. One People (Egypt) ; Revenge (Libya) ; Sects (Syria) ; Prisoners of the Sheikh (Yemen)
  • Restorations. Brothers (Egypt) ; In the Caliph's shadow (Yemen, Syria) ; Reconciliation (Tunisia)
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9780374252946
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A rage for order : the Middle East in turmoil, from Tahrir Square to ISIS
Title
A rage for order
Title remainder
the Middle East in turmoil, from Tahrir Square to ISIS
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Robert F. Worth
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Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
  • "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"--
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1965-
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Worth, Robert Forsyth
Dewey number
909/.097492708312
Index
index present
LC call number
JQ1850.A91
LC item number
W67 2016
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
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  • Arab Spring (2010- )
  • Arab Spring, 2010-
  • Politics and government
  • Arab countries
  • Arab countries
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A rage for order : the Middle East in turmoil, from Tahrir Square to ISIS, Robert F. Worth
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Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-242) and index
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Contents
Revolts. One People (Egypt) ; Revenge (Libya) ; Sects (Syria) ; Prisoners of the Sheikh (Yemen) -- Restorations. Brothers (Egypt) ; In the Caliph's shadow (Yemen, Syria) ; Reconciliation (Tunisia)
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
259 pages
Isbn
9780374252946
Lccn
2015041559
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)ocn929863243
Label
A rage for order : the Middle East in turmoil, from Tahrir Square to ISIS, Robert F. Worth
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-242) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Revolts. One People (Egypt) ; Revenge (Libya) ; Sects (Syria) ; Prisoners of the Sheikh (Yemen) -- Restorations. Brothers (Egypt) ; In the Caliph's shadow (Yemen, Syria) ; Reconciliation (Tunisia)
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
259 pages
Isbn
9780374252946
Lccn
2015041559
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)ocn929863243

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