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From Babel to Dragomans (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)

The troubled and oil-rich Middle East has long been an area of fascination and concern for Europeans and Americans. Western interest in this region grew more intense after the 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and other targets in the United States by Islamic extremists and after the U.S. invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. Islamic scholar Bernard Lewis has emerged as an influential interpreter of Middle Eastern events, able to present his specialized knowledge to a wide readership. He was also a strong advocate of the American invasion of Iraq and continues to support the...

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