Weekend Reading: Fact and Fiction in Libya, a Saudi in Iran, and “Turkishness”
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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.
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).
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).
Blog Post by Steven A. Cook
February 5, 2016 5:00 pm (EST)

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.

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Libya

Iran

Saudi Arabia

Turkey

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

More on:

Libya

Iran

Saudi Arabia

Turkey