Dheeba’s Reviews > Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East > Status Update

Even your fire is paradise.

Even your fire is paradise

…salvation did not have to come from the West.

“Physical pain touches only the surface, you must never let it break your spirit.”

…terrorism did not always come with the garb and beard of Taliban…

Wahhabis who wrap themselves in the mantle of Islam.

The sectarian killings were born out of the seeds of the Iranian Revolution and its clash with Saudi Wahhabism, with a dose of provocative zealotry from Zia ul-Haq, still in power thanks to his 1985 referendum appointing him as the upholder of the country’s piety.

Where are the Arabs?… Who shall remove the stain of shame from my forehead?

A weak state was both a blessing and a curse.

It was always the women of Pakistan who gave the dictator the most grief.