[POSTPONED] - Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East
Event
This event has been postponed and will be rescheduled to a later date.
BLACK WAVE is a paradigm-shifting recasting of the modern history of the Middle East, telling the largely unexplored story of the rivalry between Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shia Iran—a rivalry born out of the sparks of the 1979 Iranian revolution—that has dramatically transformed the culture, identity, and collective memory of millions of Muslims over four decades. Like George Packer did in The Unwinding, Ghattas follows everyday citizens whose lives have been affected by the geopolitical drama, making her account both immediate and intimate.
Kim Ghattas is a former BBC correspondent and author of the best-selling book, THE SECRETARY, a look at Hillary Clinton's time as the head of the State Department. Her work has appeared in TIME, The Washington Post, among others.
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Participant:
Kim Ghattas, @KimGhattas
Senior Visiting Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Moderator:
Peter Bergen, @peterbergencnn
Vice President Global Studies & Fellows, New America
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