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In a Time of Monsters
- Travels Through a Middle East in Revolt
- Narrated by: Emma Sky
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Returning to the UK in September 2010 after serving in Iraq as the political adviser to the top American general, Emma Sky felt no sense of homecoming. She soon found herself back in the Middle East traveling through a region in revolt. In a Time of Monsters bears witness to the demands of young people for dignity and justice during the Arab Spring; the inability of sclerotic regimes to reform; the descent of Syria into civil war; the rise of the Islamic State; and the flight of refugees to Europe.
With deep empathy for its people and an extensive understanding of the Middle East, Sky makes a complex region more comprehensible. A great storyteller and observational writer, Sky also reveals the ties that bind the Middle East to the West and how blowback from the West's interventions in the region contributed to the British vote to leave the European Union and to the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States.
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- Linda Marea
- 22-12-2020
An intimate and elegant insight
This extraordinary work should be mandatory reading for all leaders and politicians seeking to restore our world and lives to one of respect compassion and understanding.
Emma Sky is a profoundly wonderful historian and writer with the gift of bringing her rich and first hand experiences to life on every page.
This work is meaty: the issues have been unpacked and our challenges revealed. But her love for the Middle East’s people and culture shines through in her joyous and inquisitive approach to every experience. It’s impossible not to binge!
I’m going to listen to this many more times.
It’s brilliant on every level.
I hope Emma also narrates her other works on Audible.
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