Shifting sands the unraveling of the old order in the Middle East Shehadeh, Raja 1951- editor. Johnson, Penny (Researcher) editor. Edinburgh International Book Festival. text bibliography Criticism, interpretation, etc. History. mau 2016 monographic eng print 261 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm "Fifteen regional experts provide essays that give perspectives on life in the Middle East, focusing on how aspects of its past informs its present, and predicting its future"--Provided by publisher. Penny Johnson -- The significance of a screwdriver -- [1] Lines in the sand : the Great War and the remaking of the Middle East -- Avi Shlaim -- The post-Ottoman syndrome -- James Barr -- The divisive line : the birth and long life of the Sykes/Picot Agreement -- Salim Tamari -- Why did you rename your son? : diaries of the Great War from the Ottoman front -- [2] In the present tense : the unravelling of the old order -- Khaled Fahmy -- Opening politics' black box : reflections on the past, present and future of the Egyptian revolution -- Tamim al-Barghouti -- Cracked cauldrons : the failure of states and the rise of new narratives in the Middle East -- Justin Marozzi -- A long view from Baghdad -- Ramita Navai -- Iran : coming in from the cold? -- Alev Scott -- Civic courage : the clue to Turkey's future? -- [3] Living and writing in the Middle East : fiction, imagination and history -- Mai al-Nakib -- Living and writing in Kuwait : what fiction can do -- Selma Dabbagh -- Writing the Middle East, writing Gaza -- Marilyn Booth -- Fiction's histories : writers and readers in the Middle East -- [4] Syria in crisis -- Dawn Chatty -- What you don't read about the Syrian humanitarian crisis -- Robin Yassin-Kassab -- Syria seen and represented -- Malu Halasa -- Defying the killers : the emergence of street culture in Syria -- [5] Afterword -- Raja Shehadeh -- Palestine and hope. edited by Raja Shehadeh and Penny Johnson. Published in association with the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Includes bibliographical references. aw----- World War (1914-1918) Middle East History 20th century Middle East History 1979- Social change Middle East History 20th century Social change Middle East History 21st century World War, 1914-1918 Middle East World War, 1914-1918 Influence Middle East Politics and government 1979- Middle Eastern fiction History and criticism Middle East Intellectual life Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Intellectual life Middle Eastern fiction Politics and government Social change Middle East Since 1900 fast DS62.8 .S52 2016 956.04 9781566560566 (pbk) 156656056X (pbk) 9781566560726 (ebk) 2016010561 DLC 160304 20160810140745.0 in00003721811 eng