{"product_id":"the-dream-palace-of-the-arabsisbn-9780375704741","title":"The Dream Palace of the Arabs","description":"From Fouad Ajami, an acclaimed author and chronicler of Arab politics, comes a compelling account of how a generation of Arab intellectuals tried to introduce cultural renewals in their homelands through the forces of modernity and secularism.  Ultimately, they came to face disappointment, exile, and, on occasion, death.  Brilliantly weaving together the strands of a tumultuous century in Arab political thought, history, and poetry, Ajami takes us from the ruins of Beirut's once glittering metropolis to the land of Egypt, where struggle rages between a modernist impulse and an Islamist insurgency, from Nasser's pan-Arab nationalist ambitions to the emergence of an uneasy Pax Americana in Arab lands, from the triumphalism of the Gulf War to the continuing anguished debate over the Israeli-Palestinian peace accords.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor anyone who seeks to understand the Middle East, here is an insider's unflinching analysis of the collision between intellectual life and political realities in the Arab world today.\"An important and illuminating book . . . a valuable testament to a tragic generation that tried to bridge the Arab past with modern ideals.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eThe Dream Palace of the Arabs\u003c\/b\u003e is an absorbing and sadly moving account of what political and economic failures on a grand scale have meant in human terms and at an individual level.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Eloquent. . . . A clear-eyed look at the lost hopes of the Arabs.  It opens the door to the thought processes of a society whose motivations have been little understood and often feared.  \u003cb\u003eThe Dream Palace of the Arabs\u003c\/b\u003e is a courageous book.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eFouad Ajami\u003c\/b\u003e is the Majid Khadduri Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. Born in the south of Lebanon and raised in Beirut, he is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dream Palace of the Arabs, The Arab Predicament, The Vanished Iman,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBeirut: City of Regrets.\u003c\/i\u003e He is a contributing editor for \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eU.S. News and World Report\u003c\/i\u003e and is a member of the editorial board of \u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs.\u003c\/i\u003e His work on Middle Eastern politics and culture has been recognized with a MacArthur Fellowship. He lives in New York City.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303003640037,"sku":"NP9780375704741","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780375704741_823e6cb5-ccff-4f41-8404-e7f76012e5f5.jpg?v=1730752708","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-dream-palace-of-the-arabsisbn-9780375704741","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}