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A sweeping, propulsive novel about the families we are born into and the families we make for ourselves, in which two brothers struggle to find their place in an Iran on the brink of combustingAmid the alleyways of the Zamzam neighborhood of Tehran, a woman lights herself on fire in a desperate act of defiance, setting off a chain reaction of violence and protest. Haunted by the woman’s death, Issa is forced to confront the contradictions with...

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Informed by firsthand experience on the battlefronts of Iraq and Syria, Abdoh captures the horror, confusion, and absurdity of combat from a seldom-glimpsed perspective that expands our understanding of the war novel.

A seldom-glimpsed perspective that expands our understanding of war

Out of Mesopotamia offers an unprecedented glimpse into the fight against the Islamic State, drawing from the author's unique experience embedded with Shia militias on the ground in Syria and Iraq over recent years -- these are the same militias commanded by Iranian general Qasim Soleimani, whose assassination this January led the US and Iran to the brink of war. Salar's perspective is one seldom seen on CNN or heard on NPR. This book aims t...

Friendship, betrayal, and international intrigue populate this brilliant novel in the tradition of Graham Greene and John le Carré.

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In the wake of the first World Trade Center bombing, New York City is the center of an intricate web of betrayals and double-crosses in the shadowy world of Muslim radicals. Sami Amir arrives in Brooklyn via Iran, and into a world of militants, arms suppliers, and spies. He is a counter-intelligence agent from a branch of the Iranian Ministry of Security. The son of an American mother, he has always stood apart from his fellow men. Now, becaus...