الشندغة

©Shutterstock 26 | 136 العدد | الشندغة IS ANYBODY LISTENING? In the wake of increased terrorist attacks around the world and at a time of countercultural revolutions of global and historic proportions, spearheaded by terrorists who use Islam as a cover, and by other extremists and nascent far-right parties in the West, Khalaf Al Habtoor underscores the Arab perspective on key challenges in the Middle East, and issues a clarion call for Arab and non-Arab states to stand “hand-to-hand, heart-to-heart” to fight this alien sickness that is tearing the world apart. “ This book raises the biggest question behind all the chaos and violence across the Middle East: why do Western policy makers not listen to those with the most knowledge and expertise across the Arab world? Mr Habtoor -- a man whose own personal life story of great business success runs in parallel with some of the great changes in the Gulf region, is well known and respected as an "unocial diplomat" trying to encourage dialogue, to educate and explain the region which is so o€en misunderstood. Intelligent and provocative, this book demands that we listen. ” Gavin Esler BBC Special Correspondent Journalist & Author AVAILABLE NOW IN BOOKSTORES THROUGHOUT THE UAE