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Rock The Casbah: Rage And Rebellion Across The Islamic World (2011)

by Robin Wright(Favorite Author)

3.84 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

143910316X (ISBN13: 9781439103166)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Simon & Schuster

review 1: This is a wonderful book. From an author who has spent a lot of time in the region, Robin Wright gives a behind-the-scenes look at the protests that began in the Middle East last year and still continue today. Insightful and thought provoking, the author interviews ordinary and extraordinary people about their lives and their journey toward the protests, and also how they have been impacted by 9/11 and Americans' changed perception of them since the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.I especially enjoyed the chapter on Middle Eastern- and American-Muslim comedians and how they use humor to dispel stereotypes; some of their jokes in this chapter are laugh-out-loud funny.Written a decade after 9/11, this is a great book for anyone who wants a better understan... moreding of how the Middle East, and by extension the world, has changed since then to the proliferation of protests in Tahrir (Liberation) Square and elsewhere in the Middle East.The title of this book is named for a great song by an English rock band named The Clash. As the author stated in her acknowledgements, the song was way ahead of its time. Sharia don't like it...
review 2: This book comprises several parts. The first, about 100 pages or so, summarizes the Arab Spring movements that ousted long-time rulers in Tunisia and Egypt, and is exactly that: a good recap of what happened in those countries, with glances at some if their neighbors. The second part of the book was much more interesting to me, a review of cultural and social changes going on across the Muslim world that add up to a repudiation of extremist violence. As Wright tours us through Islamic hip-hop, comedy, televangelism and more, she refutes stereotypes and outlines an emerging Islamic pop culture that will seem both familiar and strange to American readers. less

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