Black Wave

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In *Black Wave*, award-winning journalist and author Kim Ghattas argues that the turning point in the modern history of the Middle East can be located at the toxic confluence of three major events in 1979; the Iranian revolution; the siege of the Holy Mosque in Mecca; and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Before this year, Saudi Arabia and Iran had been working allies and twin pillars of US strategy in the region-- but the radical legacy of these events made them mortal enemies, unleashing a process that transformed culture, society, religion and geopolitics across the region for decades to come. Drawing on a sweeping cast of characters across seven countries over forty years, Ghattas demonstrates how this rivalry for religious and cultural supremacy has fed intolerance, suppressed cultural expression, encouraged sectarian violence, birthed groups like Hezbollah and ISIS and, ultimately, upended the lives of millions. At once bold and intimate, *Black Wave* is a remarkable and engrossing story of the Middle East as it has never been told before.

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Other Editions

• Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle EastHolt & Company, Henry2019-01-01
• Black wave : Saudi-Arabia, Iran, and the forty-year rivalry that unraveled culture, religion and collective memory in the Middle EastHenry Holt and Company2020-01-01
• Black WaveHeadline Publishing Group2020-01-01
• Black WaveHolt & Company, Henry2020-01-01
• Black WaveHeadline Publishing Group2020-01-01
• Black WaveAudio CDHighBridge Audio2020-01-28