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This is the story of a people who once lived under the rule of a megalomaniac leader who shaped the state in his own image. Then one day, after yet another war, a foreign army invaded, toppled the leader, destroyed the state, and proceeded to invent a new country. This is the story of a people who watched with horror as their world fragmented into a hundred different cities, as walls rose between them and bodies piled in the streets. From the American invasion to the Arab Spring, ISIS and beyond, A Stranger in Your Own City offers a remarkable de-centring of the West in the history and contemporary situation of the region. What comes to the fore is the effect on the ground- the human cost, the shifting allegiances, the generational change.
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A Stranger in Your Own City, Ghaith Abdul-Ahad
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- Released
- 2023
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Ghaith Abdul-Ahad
- Publisher
- Random House UK Ltd
- Released
- 2023
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 480
- ISBN10
- 1529151538
- ISBN13
- 9781529151534
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Historical Themes, History, Maps & Travel, True Stories, Biographies, Travel, Political Science & Politics, Politics, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Military History, Wars
- Rating
- 4.25 out of 5
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- This is the story of a people who once lived under the rule of a megalomaniac leader who shaped the state in his own image. Then one day, after yet another war, a foreign army invaded, toppled the leader, destroyed the state, and proceeded to invent a new country. This is the story of a people who watched with horror as their world fragmented into a hundred different cities, as walls rose between them and bodies piled in the streets. From the American invasion to the Arab Spring, ISIS and beyond, A Stranger in Your Own City offers a remarkable de-centring of the West in the history and contemporary situation of the region. What comes to the fore is the effect on the ground- the human cost, the shifting allegiances, the generational change.