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On the next fresh air, journalist kim ghattas covered the middle east for the bbc for 20 years, and was raised in lebanon during the civil war. Kim ghattas is the author of the new book black wave. Her childhood and family life alongside her siblings, audrey and ingrid, was full of chaos. Ghattas, a bbc journalist and a nonresident senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for international peace, explores how the modern middle east unraveled, starting in the pivotal year of 1979. She was previously a middle east correspondent for the bbc and the financial times, based in beirut. Saudi arabia, iran, and the fortyyear rivalry that unraveled culture, religion, and collective memory in the middle east hardcover january 28, 2020. Culture, freedom, geopolitics, iran, iraq, kuwait, lebanon, muslim feminism, saudi arabia, syria. Fau student tickets are free a book signing will follow the lecture. Against this backdrop, kim ghattass history of the wider islamic world since 1979, the year of the iranian revolution, is a timely and welcome guide to the politics of a region that has long.
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Kim ghattas, a correspondent for the bbc, gave a remarkably frank interview to her home network about her new book, black wave, an account of the saudiiranian rivalry that has warped life and. Watch author kim ghattas on cnbc discussing qasem soleimanis death. Hillary clinton biographer kim ghattas speaks at powells. Boca raton, fl florida atlantic university and the palm beach book festival present bbc radio correspondent kim ghattas with a lecture and book signing on thursday, feb.
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The first inside account published about hillary clintons time as secretary of state, anchored by kim ghattas s own perspective and her quest to understand americas place in the world. With vivid storytelling, extensive historical resear. Steve coll is a writer for the new yorker and author of the pulitzer prize winning ghost wars. Kim ghattas covered the middle east before moving to the state department in 2008. Bbc correspondent kim ghattas at fau for lecture and book. Listen to black wave audiobook by kim ghattas and nan. Kim ghattas seamlessly weaves together history, geopolitics, and culture to deliver a gripping read of the largely unexplored.
After years of traveling with hillary clinton and her entourage, kim ghattas, the bbcs state department correspondent, has decided to draw on. And collective memory in the middle east by kim ghattas, henry holt, new york. She weaves history, geopolitics and culture together to tell the inside story of the rivalry between saudi arabia and iran born via the 1979 iranian. Saudi arabia, iran, and the fortyyear rivalry that unraveled culture, religion, and collective memory piqued my interest in light of recent events. Kim ghattass history of the islamic world since 1979 reflects on what might have been. The secret history of the cia, afghanistan, and bin laden, from the soviet invasion to september 10, 2001.
Kim ghattas seamlessly weaves together history, geopolitics, and culture to deliver a gripping read of the largely. Black wave author chronicles cultural, religious upheaval in the. Kim has traveled many thousands of miles with hillary clinton, and this article is a tribute to both of them in my book. After almost two decades roaming the world as a journalist, juggling tight deadlines, adrenaline highs, hours of live television reporting and twitter addiction, i spent two and a half years focused solely on one project. I hope you enjoy reading about our evergreen as related by kim ghattas, press corps member extraordinaire.
Ghattas was part of an emmy awardwinning bbc team covering the lebanonisrael conflict of 2006. Kim ghattas has been the bbcs state department radio and tv correspondent since 2008, and travels regularly with the secretary of state. This week, were joined by journalist and author kim ghattas who talks to us about her book, black wave, how the middle east is a lot more diverse than most americans think, and why we need to. After we take a short break, lara maiklem will tell us how she searches for and finds historic treasures during low tide on the banks of the river thames in london. Ghattas describes how, following the clericsg rise to power in iran, the eponymous black wave of dark hijabs, chadors, and abayas soon engulfed much of the muslim world.
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