Children of Jihad · A Young American's Travels Among the Youth of the Middle East

Children of Jihad · A Young American's Travels Among the Youth of the Middle East

**Defying foreign government orders and interviewing terrorists face to face, a young American tours hostile lands to learn about Middle Eastern youth? and uncovers a subculture that defies every stereotype**.

In 2004, Jared Cohen embarked on the first of a series of incredible journeys to the Middle East in an effort to understand the spread of radical Islamist violence among Muslim youth. The result is *Children of Jihad*, a portrait of paradox that probes much deeper than any journalist or pundit ever could.

Chosen as one of *Kirkus Review*'s Best Books of 2007, Cohen's account begins in Lebanon, where he interviews Hezbollah members at, of all places, a McDonald?s. In Iran, he defies government threats and sneaks into underground parties, where bootleg liquor, Western music, and the Internet are all easy to access. His risky itinerary also takes him to a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon, borderlands in Syria, the insurgency hotbed of Mosul, and other front-line locales. At each turn, he observes a culture at an uncanny crossroads. Gripping and daring, *Children of Jihad* shows us the future through the eyes of those who are shaping it.