Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World through Islamic Eyes
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| Rating | : | 4.58 (912 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00282MRLS |
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| Number of Pages | : | 218 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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charles edmonds said Liberal or conservative, religious or non religious--this is a book all should read.. Destiny Disrupted is a must book for all of us who value our American Culture and what to understand why we as a people and country are embroiled in conflicts in the middle east Why, because this is one of the few books that helps the reader understand the political, social, cultural, militaristic forces at work since 9-11-01. However, these forces did not . I was surprised at the honesty of the author. I was surprised at the honesty of the author. I expected it to be a rah rah book about Islam and it wasn't. Instead it was about people who a convoluted history with a totally different world view than those of us educated in the west.. Rachael said this is an excellent journey beyond the Ottoman Empire and a fantastic perspective. Having previously read the Ottoman Centries by Lord Kinross I would not have found this work of historical art had it not been for a random exchange of conversation on a recent train ride from NYC! I wish to thank the lovely conversationalist from France sitting next to me, as his recommendation has further expanded my understanding of Islam this is an exce
. Tamim Ansary is the author of the memoir West of Kabul, East of New York, co-author with Farah Ahmadi of the New York Times bestseller The Other Side of the Sky, and has been a major contributing writer to several secondary school history textbooks. Ansary is director of the San Francisco Writers Works
But the book is more than just a litany of past events. With his seamless and charming prose, he challenges conventional wisdom and appeals for a fuller understanding of how Islam and the world at large have shaped each other. It is also an indispensable guide to understanding the political debates and conflicts of today, from 9/11 to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, from the Somali pirates to the Palestinian/Israeli conflict. Especially when people are looking for a comprehensive-but-approachable way to look at world history through the lens of Islam, there's no better book."Dave Eggers, TheRumpus"A must-read for anyone who wants to learn more about the history of the Islamic world. I've been recommending this book to everyone I know. Ansary pretty much c
We in the west share a common narrative of world history. He clarifies why our civilizations grew up oblivious to each other, what happened when they intersected, and how the Islamic world was affected by its slow recognition that Europe-a place it long perceived as primitive and disorganized-had somehow hijacked destiny.. But our story largely omits a whole civilization whose citizens shared an entirely different narrative for a thousand years.In Destiny Disrupted, Tamim Ansary tells the rich story of world history as the Islamic world saw it, from the time of Mohammed to the