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Cargando... Children of Jihad (edición 2007)por Jared Cohen, Photo Illustrated (Ilustrador)
Información de la obraChildren of Jihad: A Young American's Travels Among the Youth of the Middle East por Jared Cohen
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. In his post 9/11 travels which takes him through various places in the middle east like Iran, Lebanon, Syria and Iraqi Kurdistan to meet and gauge the pulse of the under 30 population. You would think that they would be fundamentalist and rabidly anti american but surprise, surprise, exactly the opposite is true. Yes, a few of them do have a very high degree of animosity towards the governments of the USA and Israel, especially the Hezbollah youth. But to a large extent, these folks do share the same views, aspirations and desires of their peers elsewhere in the world. They are extremely friendly towards the author, an American Jew to boot. This shows that there is a lot of hope and this generation can act as a bridge and if done properly can also bring lasting peace to this troubled region. In his post 9/11 travels which takes him through various places in the middle east like Iran, Lebanon, Syria and Iraqi Kurdistan to meet and gauge the pulse of the under 30 population. You would think that they would be fundamentalist and rabidly anti american but surprise, surprise, exactly the opposite is true. Yes, a few of them do have a very high degree of animosity towards the governments of the USA and Israel, especially the Hezbollah youth. But to a large extent, these folks do share the same views, aspirations and desires of their peers elsewhere in the world. They are extremely friendly towards the author, an American Jew to boot. This shows that there is a lot of hope and this generation can act as a bridge and if done properly can also bring lasting peace to this troubled region. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Defying foreign government orders and interviewing terrorists face-to-face, a young American tours hostile lands to learn about Middle Eastern youth--and uncovers a subculture that defies every stereotype. Classrooms were never sufficient for Jared Cohen; he wanted to learn about global affairs by witnessing them firsthand. While studying on a Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford, he took a crash course in Arabic, read voraciously on the history and culture of the Middle East, and in 2004 he embarked on the first of a series of incredible journeys to the Middle East. In an effort to try to understand the spread of radical Islamist violence, he focused his research on Muslim youth. The result is Children of Jihad, a portrait of paradox that probes much deeper than any journalist or pundit ever could. Written with candor and featuring dozens of eye-opening anecdotes, Cohen's account begins in Lebanon, where he interviews Hezbollah members at, of all places, a McDonald's. In Iran, he defies government threats and sneaks into underground parties, where bootleg liquor, Western music, and the Internet are all easy to access. His risky itinerary also takes him to a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon, borderlands in Syria, the insurgency hotbed of Mosul, and other frontline locales. At each turn, he observes a culture at an uncanny crossroads: Bedouin shepherds with satellite dishes to provide Western TV shows, young women wearing garish makeup despite religious mandates, teenagers sending secret text messages and arranging illicit trysts. Gripping and daring, Children of Jihad shows us the future through the eyes of those who are shaping it. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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