Wendell Steavenson: 3 books
Circling the Square
Stories from the Egyptian Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2015
What happened to the promise of Tahrir Square and the Arab Spring?
On January 25, 2011, the world was watching Cairo. Egyptians of every stripe came together in Tahrir Square to protest Hosni Mubarak's three decades of brutal rule. After many hopeful, turbulent years, however, Egypt seems to...
The Weight of a Mustard Seed
The Intimate Story of an Iraqi General and His Family During Thirty Years of Tyranny
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
“A masterly and elegantly told story that weaves together the Iraqi past and present.”
—New York Times Book Review
“A first-class investigation…that tells the reader more about the tensions of living close to power in Saddam’s dictatorship.”
—Washington...
by Wendell Steavenson
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
“A nuanced, engrossing novel about conviction and terrorism in a cosmopolitan, complicated world.”—National Book Review
From the American invasion of Iraq in 2003 to the terrorist attacks in Paris in 2015, Paris Metro is a story of East meets West. Kit, a reporter, has spent several years...