A vivid look at a modern-day political and humanitarian nightmare.  Meer

In just eleven days, Syria’s decades-long dictatorship fell, ending the Assad era. Blending history, reportage, and personal accounts, this book explores the revolution’s roots, its staggering costs, and the uncertain future of a nation on the brink of transformation.  Meer

It is summer 2001 and Sami Traifi is struggling. His wife Muntaha has just announced that she is taking up the hijab. Furious with Muntaha, he finds himself embarking on a spontaneous quest for meaning and fulfillment, but all too soon his search spirals into a hedonistic rampage and threatens to destroy everything that he has.  Meer