{"product_id":"state-of-emergency-travels-in-a-troubled-world-paperback-softback-9781509514717","title":"State of Emergency; Travels in a Troubled World (Paperback \/ softback) 9781509514717","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eState of Emergency\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTravels in a Troubled World\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNavid Kermani (Author), Tony Crawford (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509514717, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 23 February 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages\u003cbr\u003e20.8 x 14.2 x 2.8 cm, 0.386 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Those who want to see the day-to-day lives of human beings in the crisis regions of the Middle East - lives that don't make the news - should read Navid Kermani's sensitive reporting. Reports you won't soon forget.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeutschland-Radio\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Kermani's well-researched and sensitive book reveals how violence is born. It also reminds us that far away victims and perpetrators have one thing in common: they're human beings, just like us.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSüddeutsche Zeitung\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Intense, colourful, emotional, subjective.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWestdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Among the most thoughtful intellectual voices in Germany today.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"After reading this book, one puts it down glad to have been both touched and taught\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNeue Zürcher Zeitung am Sonntag\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Kermani's style is nuanced and kindly, poetic and philosophical, he zooms in and out of perspectives like a novelist and is drawn to irresolvable tensions like a conceptual artist... \u003ci\u003eState of Emergency\u003c\/i\u003e is a humane and timely reminder that there is no one Islam, no one set of Islamic views, values and beliefs, just as there is no one Western creed.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeographical\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book ventures into the world beyond Lampedusa: the crisis belt that stretches from Kashmir across Pakistan and Afghanistan to the Arab world and beyond, to the borders and coasts of Europe. Celebrated author Navid Kermani reports from a region which is our immediate neighbour, despite all too often being depicted as remote and distant from our daily concerns. Kermani has visited the places where no CNN transmitter truck is parked and yet smouldering fires threaten world peace. In his widely praised, wonderfully agile and careful prose, he reports on NATO's war in Afghanistan and the underside of globalization in India, on the civil war in Syria and the struggle of Shiites and Kurds against the 'Islamic State' in Iraq. He was the only Western reporter present at the suppression of the mass protests in Tehran, travelled with Sufis through Pakistan, talked with Grand Ayatollah Sistani in Najaf, and observed the disastrous Mediterranean refugee route in Lampedusa.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKermani's gripping reports allow us to understand a world in turmoil, to share the suspense and the suffering of the people in it. As if by magic, he brings individual lives and situations to life so vividly that complex and seemingly distant problems of world politics suddenly appear crystal clear. Our world too lies beyond Lampedusa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eEditorial Note\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCairo, December 2006\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eParadise in a State of Emergency\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKashmir, October 2007\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHouseboat 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the City\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHouseboat 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoliticians 1-4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNight\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHouseboat 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Shrine\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHouseboat 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the Countryside\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHouseboat 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Mother\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHouseboat 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAhad Baba\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn Kashmir, Far Away from Kashmir\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLandless\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBetween Agra and Delhi, September 2007\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLumpenproletariat in Formation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy Complain?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThey Want Land\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExpulsion as Industrial Development Policy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Sky and the Ground\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRam Paydiri Doesn’t Understand\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Laboratory\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGujarat, October 2007\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Idol\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn the Rubbish Tip\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInto the Centre\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial Praxis\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndia’s Future\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhere Even the Atheists Pray\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Pit\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Visit to the Sufis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePakistan, February 2012\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRhythm of God\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWar Against Themselves\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Lovers' Tomb\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eO Papa, Protect Me\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the Mansion District\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Poor People's Peace\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuiet, Cleanliness and Order\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Feast\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Cosmic Order\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBleak Normality\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfghanistan I, December 2006\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeople Don’t Change Much\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReally Crazy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo British Commanders\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHumanitarian Mission\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn Kabul\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhere Is the Progress?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaster Tamim\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe New Motorway\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmerican Headquarters\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVisit to the Passport Office\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCola in the Dark\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Limits of Reporting\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfghanistan II, September 11, 2011\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCemetery 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWalls in Front of Walls\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNorthward\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMazar-e Sharif\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Best Place in Town\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the Countryside\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the Panjshir Valley\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the South\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeace Conference\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTribal Leaders 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKandahar\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTribal Leaders 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Limits of Reporting\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCemetery 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Uprising\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTehran, June 2009\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChance Companions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArrival\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWednesday\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThursday\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFriday\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBack to Saturday\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSunday\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEarly Monday\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen You See the Black Flags\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIraq, September 2014\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI. 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