A decade after the 9/11 attacks, this groundbreaking and brilliantly received book takes readers deep into rebellions against both autocrats and extremists that are redefining politics, culture, and security across the Islamic world and beyond."Extremely prescient.. Ms. Wright writes with authority, drawing on her decades of experience. and in these pages she uses her intimate knowledge of the region to look at how much-covered recent events. are related, and to situate them within a larger historical and political context." -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times Book Review
"Formidably well-informed. a richly textured portrait of ancient cultures in the throes of wrenching but liberating transformation." -Los Angeles Times
"Wright deftly escorts her readers around the Muslim world. She introduces significant, albeit lesser-known, figures. and breathes life into the stories that have made the news over the past couple of years."ÿ -The Washington Post
"Rock the Casbahÿconfirms Wright's status as one of our best storytellers."ÿ-The Christian Science Monitorÿ
"Commentators have spent a decade bewailing the absence of tolerant, peace-loving Muslims ready to stand up and be counted. But they were there all along, struggling to be heard. Now Islam's assorted bloggers, rappers, feminists, and reformers have found in Wright. a worthy chronicler." -The Economist
"Rivetingly written.. Smashes a lot of preset opinions to pieces.. Wright is one of the most knowledgeable journalists about the Islamic world."ÿ-Haaretz
Industry Reviews
"The best of all possible worlds: An old hand guides us through the changes in the post-9/11 Middle East, and is able to sort out in a sober, smart way what is really going on." --Thomas Ricks, author "Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq" "Robin Wright is well aware of the complexities, paradoxes and the seemingly insurmountable dilemmas facing the Middle East today. She reminds us that in facing these challenges we need not resort to military force and violence or resign ourselves to compromise with extremism and tyranny." -- Azar Nafisi, author "Reading Lolita in Tehran" ."..Wright is one of the most capable observers of the Middle East....her chronicles of counter-jihad, anti-militancy, and women's mobilization are a timely contribution.""--Huffington Post" ."..Wright is an expert on the subject and this book is an accessible and riveting account for readers looking to learn more about the post-9/11 Islamic world." ""--"Publishers Weekly" Praise for "Rock the Casbah" "[Wright] provides invaluable context for what she rightly terms 'the epic convulsion across the Islamic world' by listening to voices we don't usually hear....Anyone seeking deeper understanding of the Arab Spring needs to read Wright's formidably well-informed book ....Wright's richly textured portrait of ancient cultures in the throes of wrenching but liberating transformation makes it quite clear that Muslims themselves will decide their future.""-- Los Angeles Times" "Only Wright could have written "Dreams and Shadows "because only Wright has traveled so widely, interviewed such diverse leaders, and brought so much wisdom to analyzing the region's many-sided puzzles. This volume, full of mesmerizing detail and large truths, sets a new standard for scholarship on the modern Middle East." --Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State"" Praise for Robin Wright's "Dreams and Shadows""Wright has long been one of the best-informed American journalists covering the Middle East, and her reputation is born out here. . . . Her book will be essential reading for anybody who wants to know where it is heading."--"The New York Times Book Review" "If there is such a thing as a pinnacle in the landscape of international journalism, Robin Wright surely stands atop it." --"The New York Review of Books"
