Dreams and Shadows The Future of the Middle East

Robin Wright, Laural Merlington

eAudio - 2008

Robin Wright first landed in the Middle East on October 6, 1973, the day the fourth Middle East war erupted. She has covered every country and most major crises in the region since then, through to the rise of al Qaeda and the U.S. invasion of Iraq. For all the drama of the past, however, the region's most decisive traumas are unfolding today as the Middle East struggles to deal with trends that have already reshaped the rest of the world. And for all the darkness, there is also hope. Some of the emerging trends give cause for greater optimism about the future of the Middle East than at any time since the first Arab-Israeli war in 1948.Dreams and Shadows is an extraordinary tour de horizon of the new Middle East, with on-the-ground rep...ortage of the ideas and movements driving change across the region—and the obstacles they confront. Through the powerful storytelling for which the author is famous, Dreams and Shadows ties together the players and... more