Lives between the lines : a journey in search of the lost Levant
Vatikiotis, Michael R. J., 1957-2022
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The Middle East is understood today through the lens of unending conflict and violence. Lost in the litany of perpetual strife and struggle are the layers of culture and civilisation that accumulated over centuries, and which give the region its cosmopolitan identity. It was once a region known poetically as the Levant - a reference to the East, where the sun rose. Amid the bewildering mix of races, religions and rivalries, was above all an affinity with the three monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Today any mixing of this trinity of faiths is regarded as a recipe for hatred and prejudice. Yet it was not always this way. This book recreates a world where the Middle East was a place to go to, not flee from, and the subsequent start of a prolonged nightmare of suffering from which the region has yet to recover.
Main title:
Lives between the lines : a journey in search of the lost Levant / Michael Vatikiotis.
Author:
Vatikiotis, Michael R. J., 1957-, author
Imprint:
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2022.
Collation:
304 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781474613217 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
956.0099956.009956.009 VATI
Language:
English
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BRN:
2538170
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