Eclipse of the Sunnis

Amos, Deborah

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Author
Amos, Deborah
Publish Date
03/01/2011
Book Type
Paperback
Publisher Name
PUBLICA
Subtitle
Power, Exile, and Upheaval in the Middle East
Number of Pages
256
Edition
Reprint
ISBN-10
158648950X
ISBN-13
9781586489502
citemno
208663
SKU
9781586489502

Description

From Amman to Beirut and Damascus, award-winning NPR reporter Deborah Amos follows Sunnis living in exile--the largest exile population in postwar history. Husbands are separated from wives, children from parents, and many are cast into a violent and uncaring subculture in which they have few rights and no roots. Even college-educated women are forced to turn to prostitution. The decisions they make illuminate the human side of the post-conflict displacement in the Middle East and give voice to the trauma of the exiles who must choose daily between dignity and survival.