CONTENTS
The Significance of a Screwdriver
Lines in the Sand: The Great War and the Remaking of the Middle East
The Divisive Line: The Birth and Long Life of the Sykes–Picot Agreement
Why Did You Rename Your Son? Diaries of the Great War from the Ottoman Front
In the Present Tense: The Unravelling of the Old Order
Opening Politics’ Black Box: Reflections on the Past, Present and Future of the Egyptian Revolution
Cracked Cauldrons: The Failure of States and the Rise of New Narratives in the Middle East
Iran: Coming in from the Cold?
Civic Courage: The Clue to Turkey’s Future?
Living and Writing in the Middle East: Fiction, Imagination and History
Living and Writing in Kuwait: What Fiction Can Do
Writing the Middle East, Writing Gaza
Fiction’s Histories: Writers and Readers in the Middle East
What You Don’t Read About the Syrian Humanitarian Crisis
Defying the Killers: The Emergence of Street Culture in Syria