The follow-up to Fisk¿s authoritative and highly acclaimed `Great War for Civilisation¿. Robert Fisk has a reputation for venturing where few other journalists dare to go. He stayed in Beirut during the Lebanese civil war and, more recently, regularly ventured into the streets of Iraq to file stories from the ground during the conflict. He is one of only a handful of Western journalists to have interviewed Osama Bin Laden. 'The Night of Power' is a fantastic blend of history and up-to-date journalism. Telling the stories of the victims of the vast, corrupt system of 'honour' crimes that plague the Middle East, which take the lives of perhaps 20,000 women a year, through to the indiscriminate suicide bombers that have become synonymous with the region¿s troubles, and the rise of Lebanon, Afghanistan and Pakistan as the new torch areas -this companion volume to 'Great War for Civilisation' is an essential read for anyone seeking to understand the current situation in the Middle East.
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Paperback (UK-trade)
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Height: 234 mm
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978-0-00-735061-2 (9780007350612)
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Robert Fisk was a bestselling author and journalist. He spent forty-four years in the Middle East and his work spanned nearly five decades, covering conflicts in the Arab world, former Yugoslavia and Northern Ireland. He was TheIndependent's Middle East correspondent, and his book The Great War for Civilisation was published internationally to great critical acclaim. He is also the author of Pity the Nationand The Age of the Warrior.
Nelofer Pazira-Fisk is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. While based in Beirut she worked closely with her late husband Robert Fisk, reporting and filming from the frontlines in the region, in addition to her own work in Afghanistan. An advocate of women's rights, Nelofer is a former president of PEN Canada. She is the author of A Bed of Red Flowers.
