The Middle East Crisis Factory, 9781787383043
Paperback
Has autocracy won out in the Middle East? Two Arab dissidents explain how tyrants rule, and explore the region’s horizons of change.

The Middle East Crisis Factory

tyranny, resilience and resistance

$36.13

  • Paperback

    216 pages

  • Release Date

    7 April 2021

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Summary

Why is the Middle East a crisis factory, and how can it be fixed? What does the future look like for its 500 million people? And what role should the West play?

Iyad El-Baghdadi and Ahmed Gatnash tell the story of the modern Middle East as a series of broken promises. They chart the entrenchment of tyranny, terrorism and foreign intervention, showing how these systems of oppression simultaneously feed off and battle each other. Exploring demographic, economic and social trends, the a…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781787383043
ISBN-10:1787383040
Author:Ahmed Gatnash, Iyad El-Baghdadi
Publisher:C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Imprint:C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:216
Release Date:7 April 2021
Weight:354g
Dimensions:216mm x 138mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

‘[The Middle East Crisis Factory] is not a statement of despair, but one of defiance from the generation of the 2011 uprisings [and] offers many insights.’

– Middle East Eye

‘Part guide, part manifesto, [The Middle East Crisis Factory] is a succinct, accessible, and even-handed introduction to the Middle East that emphasises how the problems of the region have global repercussions.’

– Business Post

About The Author

Ahmed Gatnash

Iyad El-Baghdadi is a Palestinian writer, activist and entrepreneur, and founder/president of the Kawaakibi Foundation and its website The Arab Tyrant Manual. He tweets as @iyad_elbaghdadi. Ahmed Gatnash is a British-Libyan intellectual, activist and entrepreneur, and co-founder of the Kawaakibi Foundation, hosting its Arab Tyrant Manual podcast. He tweets as @gatnash.

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