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I thought this book would be more about the sociological and cultural differences after September 11 but instead it was just political columns. It was hard to finish only because most of it read as a very high emotion and biased read that didn't really provide a good look at a post-terrorism world.

evamadera1's review against another edition

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3.0

I'm not sure where to start with this book, if a compilation counts as a book. When I first started reading, I did not know that it was a series of essays aka opinion. I expected something a bit more coherent. (Some of the tracks may have been out of order which would have contributed.
It was interesting to listen to "current" opinion on highly controversial topics even if I didn't agree with some of them.
Some other negative things include the narrators horrible affected accents and the author sounding like a pompous windbag. While he did sometimes make profound insights, it's really not worth reading this book.

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5.0

Feels like I was reading it for hundred years but I have a good excuse - my graduation gig which is happening tomorrow which I’m really excited about. Coming back to the book - I loved it very much, it’s a deep, analytical series of columns on Arab-Muslims, on the state of America, state of the world after the September 11 and also - what I adore the most in this kind of literature - people in general. The politics I’m interested the most is that focused on humans and social issues. Another the most important volume next to Naomi Klein’s “Shock Doctrine”. I can’t wait to dive into “From Beirut to Jerusalem” by same author which is waiting for me on my shelves. Hopefully, next month. Highly recommended.

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