Jean-Pierre Filiu - Böcker

»Ni ville ha ett helvete, och ett helvete kommer ni att få.« Med dessa ord inledde den israeliska armén sitt krig i Gaza efter Hamas massaker den 7 oktober 2023. Sedan dess pågår ett krig vars våld och övergrepp utspelar sig bakom stängda gränser....

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Through its millennium-long existence, Gaza has often been bitterly disputed, yet enduringly neglected. Squeezed between the Negev and Sinai deserts on the one hand and the Mediterranean Sea on the other, Gaza was contested by the Pharaohs, Persia...

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Selected as a 'Book of the Year' by the Guardian and Spectator 'The Gaza I knew, and whose length and breadth I've travelled, has ceased to exist.' Jean-Pierre Filiu, acclaimed historian of Gaza, is intimately familiar with the land's people and p...

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Since 2013, the Middle East has experienced a double trend of chaos and civil war, on the one hand, and the return of authoritarianism, on the other. That convergence has eclipsed the political transitions that occurred in the countries whose regi...

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In his disturbing and timely book Jean-Pierre Filiu lays bare the strategies and tactics employed by the Middle Eastern autocracies, above all those of Syria, Egypt, Yemen and Algeria, that set out to crush the democratic uprisings of the 'Arab Re...

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In his disturbing and timely book Jean-Pierre Filiu lays bare the strategies and tactics employed by the Middle Eastern autocracies, above all those of Syria, Egypt, Yemen and Algeria, that set out to crush the democratic uprisings of the 'Arab Re...

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This is an eye-opening exploration of a troubling phenomenon: the fast-growing belief in Muslim countries that the end of the world is at hand--and with it the "Great Battle," prophesied by both Sunni and Shii tradition, which many believers expec...

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The Middle East, often referred to as the cradle of the three monotheisms, is saturated with symbolism. Situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, it is a land marked by the rich confluence of religions and peoples.¿ It has also been ...

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The Middle East, often referred to as the cradle of the three monotheisms, is saturated with symbolism. Situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, it is a land marked by the rich confluence of religions and peoples. It has also been t...

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Through its millenniumlong existence, Gaza has often been bitterly disputed while simultaneously and paradoxically enduring prolonged neglect. Jean-Pierre Filius book is the first comprehensive history of Gaza in any language.Squeezed between the ...

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Through its millennium-long existence, Gaza has often been bitterly disputed, yet enduringly neglected. Squeezed between the Negev and Sinai deserts and the Mediterranean Sea, Gaza was contested by everyone from the Pharaohs, Persians, Greeks and ...

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In his disturbing and timely book Jean-Pierre Filiu lays bare the strategies and tactics employed by the Middle Eastern autocracies, above all those of Syria, Egypt, Yemen and Algeria, that set out to crush the democratic uprisings of the 'Arab Re...

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In the third volume of their graphic history of US and Middle East relations, Jean-Pierre Filiu and David B. cover the tumultuous period that began with Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990 and ended with Obama's decision, in 2013, not to intervene i...

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Ihr wolltet die Holle, ihr werdet die Holle bekommen. So begann die israelische Armee nach den menschenverachtenden Anschlagen der Hamas vom 7. Oktober 2023 ihren Krieg gegen den Gazastreifen. Ein Krieg, der trotz seiner Gewalt, seiner Dauer und s...

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Ordet "Mellanöstern" myntades av en amerikan för att beteckna landområdena öster om Medelhavet, och ända sedan USA vann sin självständighet har landet mätt sina krafter med länderna i den regionen. Den prisbelönte serieskaparen David B. berättar t...

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Filiu and David B. draw striking parallels between ancient and contemporary political history in this look at the US-Middle East conflict.¿ The reader is transported to the pirate-choked Mediterranean sea, where Christians and Muslims continue the...

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The second volume of Jean-Pierre Filiu and David B.'s acclaimed history of US-Middle East relations documents a period of dramatic conflict and change, beginning in the 1950s and ending with the Lebanese War of 1982. The Blitzkrieg of the Six-Day ...

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