Destination Paradise (häftad)
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Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
128
Utgivningsdatum
2018-11-13
Förlag
Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Översättare
Anne Milano Appel
Dimensioner
206 x 137 x 15 mm
Vikt
204 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9781609808433

Destination Paradise

Among the Jihadists of the Maldives

av Francesca Borri
Häftad,  Engelska, 2018-11-13
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A breathtaking work of political reportage steeped in a deep understanding of the roots of Islamic terrorism.

Western tourists are not always aware that the Maldives, a tiny island nation in the Indian Ocean, is a Muslim country, or that the Republic of Maldives is the non-Arab country with the world's highest number of foreign fighters per capita. Despite being considered a luxury tourist destination, the Maldives is in fact one of the most over-populated countries, devastated by poverty, social segregation, heroin, and criminality. Tourists living in one tiny bright enclave, the people in the vast darkness. All the wealth coming from tourism is concentrated in the hands of a few businessmen who collude with the despotic government. The Maldives is a fertile breeding ground for ISIS, which enlists more of its foreign fighters per capita from there than anywhere else. Francesca Borri spent time with them, and with their families and friends, all of whom are drivers, waiters, cleaners in tourist resorts. And she let them speak.

As she writes, "While the rest of the world watched the Olympics, everyone here was watching the battle of Aleppo. And rooting for al-Qaeda."
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