Eclipse of the Sunnis
Power, Exile, and Upheaval in the Middle East
By Deborah Amos
(PublicAffairs, Paperback, 9781586489502, 256pp.)
Publication Date: March 2011
Other Editions of This Title: Paperback, Hardcover
Categories: General
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An eye-opening look at the displacement of Sunni power and culture throughout the Middle East by an award-winning NPR reporter
Deborah Amos's reports can be heard on NPR's award-winning Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Weekend Edition. For a decade she reported for television news, including ABC's Nightline and World News Tonight and the PBS programs NOW with Bill Moyers and Frontline. She lives in New York City.
Since the U.S. invasion, 4 million Iraqis have had to leave their homes. An additional 2 million have left the country entirely, and many are still outside its borders. NPR's Deborah Amos tells the story of these displaced Iraqi citizens in her new book, Eclipse of the Sunnis. More at NPR.org
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Since the U.S. invasion of Iraq, about 4 million Iraqis have fled their homes. Another 2 million have fled the country entirely. Throughout the war, NPR's Deborah Amos has spent much of her time with Iraqis who fled to Syria, Jordan and Lebanon. She has a new book out: Eclipse of the Sunnis: Power, Exile and Upheaval in the Middle East. More at NPR.org
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