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Life Is More Beautiful Than Paradise : A Jihadists Own Story by Humphrey Davies and Khaled al-Berry (2009, Hardcover)

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In 1986, when this autobiography opens, the author is a typical fourteen-year-old boy in Asyut in Upper Egypt. Attracted at first by the image of a radical Islamist group as "strong Muslims," his involvement develops until he finds himself deeply committed to its beliefs and implicated in its activities. This ends when, as he leaves the university following a demonstration, he is arrested. Prison, a return to life on the outside, and attending Cairo University all lead to Khaled al-Berry's eventual alienation from radical Islam. This book opens a window onto the mind of an extremist who turns out to be disarmingly like many other clever adolescents, and bears witness to a history with whose reverberations we continue to live. It also serves as an intelligent and critical guide for the reader to the movement's unfamiliar debates and preoccupations, motives and intentions. Fluently written, intellectually gripping, exciting, and often funny, Life Is More Beautiful than Paradise provides a vital key to the understanding of a world that is both a source of fear and a magnet of curiosity for the west.

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Publisher
American University in Cairo Press
ISBN-10
9774162943
ISBN-13
9789774162947
eBay Product ID (ePID)
166563841

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Book Title
Life Is more Beautiful than Paradise : a Jihadists Own Story
Author
Khaled Al-Berry, Humphrey Davies
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Terrorism, Personal Memoirs, Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict, Religious, Islam / General
Publication Year
2009
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Religion, Political Science
Number of Pages
192 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
6.2in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
9.1in
Item Weight
19 Oz

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"Enjoyable and pioneering."--Marcia Lynx Qualey, al-Masri al-Yom "The author's refusal to demonize and his relative objectivity in telling the story is precisely what makes this book authentic and extremely important. Above all it provides a rare and valuable insight into how easily the young idealist can become radicalized by sects who believe that truth has just one face."--The Huffington Post "The memoir reaches the core of how fanatics--sects of any kind--draw in conceited youngsters by essentially appealing to a naïve hunger for self-sacrifice."--The Independent "a gripping narrative"--Church Times "Captivating and exciting, Life is More Beautiful than Paradise provides valuable insights into the jihadist world-view"--Church Times "offers a rare perspective"--Diplomat magazine "Al-Berry's [work] is required reading for anyong with an interest in the mechanics of radical Islam or the historical realities of militant Islamic activism in Egypt in the last two decades of the 20th century. . . . The sensitivity to the nuances of the Arabic language and Islamist idiom made manifest in the meritorious translation of Humphrey Davies truly makes this work an ideal jumping-off point for any Westerner who is curious about reading the Muslim mind"--Al-Ahram Weekly, "Enjoyable and pioneering."--Marcia Lynx Qualey, al-Masri al-Yom "The author's refusal to demonize and his relative objectivity in telling the story is precisely what makes this book authentic and extremely important. Above all it provides a rare and valuable insight into how easily the young idealist can become radicalized by sects who believe that truth has just one face."--The Huffington Post "The memoir reaches the core of how fanatics--sects of any kind--draw in conceited youngsters by essentially appealing to a nave hunger for self-sacrifice."--The Independent "a gripping narrative"--Church Times "Captivating and exciting, Life is More Beautiful than Paradise provides valuable insights into the jihadist world-view"--Church Times "offers a rare perspective"--Diplomat magazine "Al-Berry's [work] is required reading for anyong with an interest in the mechanics of radical Islam or the historical realities of militant Islamic activism in Egypt in the last two decades of the 20th century. . . . The sensitivity to the nuances of the Arabic language and Islamist idiom made manifest in the meritorious translation of Humphrey Davies truly makes this work an ideal jumping-off point for any Westerner who is curious about reading the Muslim mind"--Al-Ahram Weekly, "Enjoyable and pioneering."--Marcia Lynx Qualey, al-Masri al-Yom"The author's refusal to demonize and his relative objectivity in telling the story is precisely what makes this book authentic and extremely important. Above all it provides a rare and valuable insight into how easily the young idealist can become radicalized by sects who believe that truth has just one face."--The Huffington Post"The memoir reaches the core of how fanatics--sects of any kind--draw in conceited youngsters by essentially appealing to a naïve hunger for self-sacrifice."--The Independent"a gripping narrative"--Church Times"Captivating and exciting, Life is More Beautiful than Paradise provides valuable insights into the jihadist world-view"--Church Times"offers a rare perspective"--Diplomat magazine"Al-Berry's [work] is required reading for anyong with an interest in the mechanics of radical Islam or the historical realities of militant Islamic activism in Egypt in the last two decades of the 20th century. . . . The sensitivity to the nuances of the Arabic language and Islamist idiom made manifest in the meritorious translation of Humphrey Davies truly makes this work an ideal jumping-off point for any Westerner who is curious about reading the Muslim mind"--Al-Ahram Weekly
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Dewey Decimal
303.625092
Dewey Edition
23

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