Renowned for his compeling , humane portraits of everyday Arab lives, Tahar Ben Jelloun has affirmed his place in the literary world by winning such awards as the Prix Goncourt and Prix Maghreb. In The Last Friend , Ben Jelloun presents a spellbinding...
Clarifying the main tenets of Islam, the major landmarks in Islamic history and the modern politics of Islamic fundamentalism, this book also sheds light on the key words that have come to dominate coverage of the modern crisis: terrorist, crusade, jihad,...
This work tells the story of the desert concentration camps in which King Hassan II of Morocco held his political enemies. Not until September 1991, under international pressure, was Hassan's regime forced to open these desert hellholes. A handful...