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Weekend Reading: Fact and Fiction in Libya, a Saudi in Iran, and “Turkishness”

Reading selections for the weekend of February 5, 2016.

<p>Iranian protesters chant slogans during a rally against the execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr in Saudi Arabia, after Friday prayers in Tehran (Raheb Homavandi/Reuters).</p>
Iranian protesters chant slogans during a rally against the execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr in Saudi Arabia, after Friday prayers in Tehran (Raheb Homavandi/Reuters).

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  • Steven A. CookCFR Expert
    Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies

Valentina Viene reviews the struggle to fictionalize the enigmatic persona of Muammar al-Qaddafi, the former leader of Libya, in Yasmina Khadra’s latest novel, The Dictator’s Last Night.

Sara Masry, in her last blog post, reflects on her time in Iran as a foreign student from Saudi Arabia after the diplomatic freeze between the two countries prevents her from returning to Tehran to finish her studies.

Nick Danforth discusses the contentions between “Turkishness” and multiculturalism in today’s Turkey.