Akbar Ahmed

Suspended Somewhere Between

A Book of Verse

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This collection spanning a half century of writing gives a front row seat to a world in turmoil--from the forbidding valleys and mountains of Waziristan in the tribal areas of Pakistan to the think tanks and halls of power in Washington, DC. And through it all, they carry the message of hope and compassion. Throughout the range of poems from introspective and reflective to romantic and emotive to historical and political exists the optimism and faith of a young man with confidence in the future in the midst of change and uncertainty.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: PM Press
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 208mm x 126mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 159g
• ISBN-13: 9781604864854
• ISBN-10: 1604864850
• Artikelnr.: 32871334

Autorenporträt

Akbar Ahmed is the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies, American University in Washington DC, the First Distinguished Chair of Middle East and Islamic Studies at the US Naval Academy, Annapolis, and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. He has taught at Princeton, Harvard, and Cambridge Universities and is considered "the world’s leading authority on contemporary Islam" by the BBC. He is the author of over a dozen award-winning books, including Discovering Islam, which was the basis of the BBC six-part TV series called "Living Islam". His plays, Noor and The Trial of Dara Shikoh have been staged and published. His most recent book Journey into America: The Challenge of Islam, is an unprecedented study based in fieldwork of Muslims in America.