Customer Review: Throughout the twenty century, books about the Arab world have been widely written in the English academia, with a sense of respect and criticism. One must not forget that T.E. Lawrence introduced the Arab world to the West with his magnum opus The Seven Pillars of Wisdom (1935). In 1980's, the... more info
Customer Review: I totally disagree with the Publisher's Weekly 2002 review of this book....the reviewer didn't get the point. Caesar did NOT attempt and therefore didn't fail to "extrapolate from her experiences...to a larger commentary on the Middle East."
On the contrary, what I liked about her essays was... more info
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