| Eclipse of the Sunnis: Power, Exile, and Upheaval in the Middle East Contributor(s): Amos, Deborah (Author) |
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ISBN: 158648950X ISBN-13: 9781586489502 Publisher: PublicAffairs OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - General - Political Science | Essays - Political Science | World - Middle Eastern |
| Dewey: 956 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.7" W x 8.8" (0.61 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From Amman to Beirut and Damascus, award-winning NPR reporter Deborah Amos follows Sunnis living in exile--the largest exile population in postwar history. Husbands are separated from wives, children from parents, and many are cast into a violent and uncaring subculture in which they have few rights and no roots. Even college-educated women are forced to turn to prostitution. The decisions they make illuminate the human side of the post-conflict displacement in the Middle East and give voice to the trauma of the exiles who must choose daily between dignity and survival. |