| Making the Arab World: Nasser, Qutb, and the Clash That Shaped the Middle East Contributor(s): Gerges, Fawaz A. (Author), Stewart, James Cameron (Narrated by) |
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ISBN: 1684411181 ISBN-13: 9781684411184 Publisher: HighBridge Audio OUR PRICE: $35.99 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: April 2018 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - Egypt (see Also Ancient - Egypt) - Biography & Autobiography | Political - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Nationalism & Patriotism |
| Dewey: 956.04 |
| Physical Information: 1.7" H x 6.4" W x 5.4" (0.70 lbs) |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Religious Orientation - Islamic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 2013, just two years after the popular overthrow of Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian military ousted the country's first democratically elected president-Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood-and subsequently led a brutal repression of the Islamist group. These bloody events echoed an older political rift in Egypt and the Middle East: the splitting of nationalists and Islamists during the rule of Egyptian president and Arab nationalist leader Gamal Abdel Nasser. In Making the Arab World, Fawaz Gerges, one of the world's leading authorities on the Middle East, tells how the clash between pan-Arab nationalism and pan-Islamism has shaped the history of the region from the 1920s to the present. Gerges tells this story through an unprecedented dual biography of Nasser and another of the twentieth-century Arab world's most influential figures-Sayyid Qutb, a leading member of the Muslim Brotherhood and the father of many branches of radical political Islam. Their deeply intertwined lives embody and dramatize the divide between Arabism and Islamism. Yet, as Gerges shows, beyond the ideological and existential rhetoric, this is a struggle over the state, its role, and its power. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gerges, Fawaz A.: - Fawaz A. Gerges is professor of international relations and Emirates Chair in Contemporary Middle East Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is the author of several acclaimed books, including ISIS: A History, The New Middle East, and The Far Enemy.Gerges, Fawaz a.: - Fawaz A. Gerges is professor of international relations and Emirates Chair in Contemporary Middle East Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is the author of several acclaimed books, including ISIS: A History, The New Middle East, and The Far Enemy.Stewart, James Cameron: - Trained at Hull University and the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, James Cameron Stewart is a veteran actor whose performances include roles in theater, film, and television. His credits include Outlander, Jericho, Flying Blind, Golden Years, Emmerdale, London's Burning, Eastenders, Coronation Street, and Holby City. |