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Sagheer’s 2024 Year in Books
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A Tale of love and darkness by Amos Oz and Once Upon A Time in Palestine by Sari Nussbeinda
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The Reluctant Mullah
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| Books that explore the enigma of Iran tend to fall into two categories: pro-Pahlavi or pro-Khomeini. Shirin Ebadi’s book is the most nuanced and well-written of the four books I have read on Iran. Anecdotes about the atrocities committed by the notor ...more | |
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| Roya Hakakian is, without doubt, a gifted writer. Unfortunately, she does not really do justice to the subject of her book, an insight into the lives and dilemmas of Jews in Iran. And her portrayals of Jews are hardly flattering; she tells of her fam ...more | |
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| There is something distinct and refreshing about the short, simple, sometimes lyrical sentences in this book. The angle the story took of a post-colonial African country was also interesting. The remorse and reflection was illuminating, something tha ...more | |
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Azar Nafisi exemplified the type of Iranian that the Shah thought embodied Iran; urbane, sophisticated and intellectual, a genuine woman of letters. Unfortunately, the regime of the Ayatollahs regarded her and her ilk as the personification of all th ...more |
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| Dalrymple is the best historian of his generation. He is a rarity, a scholar who can animate and enliven history by weaving his narrative around historic personalities that the reader will inevitably be drawn to. In this book, notably, the psychotic ...more | |
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| Fans of the Scorcese film will despise the book. The film exemplifies everything a well-written thriller should be, while the book highlights everything a crime thriller should never be. | |
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| Arabs and Israelis: Conflict and Peacemaking in the Middle East is a rare achievement: a rigorous, tri-national inquiry that distills a century of upheaval into a framework readers can actually use. Co-authored by Abdel Monem Said Aly, Shai Feldman, ...more | |
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