Christopher de Bellaigue
Autor(a) de The Islamic Enlightenment: The Struggle Between Faith and Reason, 1798 to Modern Times
About the Author
Christopher de Bellaigue has worked as a journalist in South Asia and the Middle East, writing for the Economist, the Guardian, and the New York Review of Books. He is the award-winning author of four books, has made several BBC television and radio documentaries, and has been a visiting fellow at mostrar mais the universities of Harvard and Oxford. He lives in London. mostrar menos
Image credit: photo by Farhad Ahrarnia
Obras por Christopher de Bellaigue
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- Nome canónico
- de Bellaigue, Christopher
- Data de nascimento
- 1971
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- Local de nascimento
- London, England, UK
- Locais de residência
- Tehran, Iran
- Educação
- University of Cambridge
Eton College - Ocupações
- journalist
- Organizações
- The Economist
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Críticas
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 11
- Also by
- 2
- Membros
- 763
- Popularidade
- #33,346
- Avaliação
- 3.5
- Críticas
- 14
- ISBN
- 51
- Línguas
- 4
- Marcado como favorito
- 1
Through riding in a taxi and listening to the radio De Bellaigue offers up a snapshot of current events: Saddam's activities burning oil wells in Kuwait, Colin Powell's outward facing response to send more troops in aground campaign without telling the public what that really means. And speaking of taxis, what is it about taxi drivers? They are by turns an opportunity for confession and a source of information. There are little Easter egg surprises within In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs. The mini explanation of Rumi's birth into the world of poetry was one such treasure. The personal details of how De Bellaigue met and courted his wife, Bita. Speaking of De Bellaigue's wife and in-laws, I had to wonder how his personal life with them altered his journalistic approach to writing In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs. The language was far more introspective and dare I say romantic?… (mais)