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Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East
by Robin Wright
from Penguin Press HC, The
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 
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Required reading for all who want to understand the Middle East. 
If you really want to know what the Arab people dream off, then this book is for you. This book finally made me understand the Middle East.
The author discusses Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Morocco, Iran, but omits countries such as the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. We all have heard of Dubai, yet so little is known about it politically. Do the people support their ruler? I would really have loved to read what the author has to say about Dubai (whom many are calling the Hong Kong of the... more info
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Excellent and easy to read overview of the middle-east
I found this book excellent. It gives an overview of the current middle-east situation. It details the various 'dreams' and 'shadows' that each country face. It frequently refers to anecdotes which makes it easy to read. Highly recommended.
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Good, not great 
I had read Robin Wright's "The Last Great Revolution" about Iran and was excited to buy this book. However, I felt it was a bit too much of a chef's tour. Some of the anecdotes were interesting, even inspiring, but overall I felt the book was a bit too shallow. Wright recalls a few interviews here and there, but we don't get the depth of what we get in her prior book. It's one thing to use interviews and anecdotes in pursuit of a well-argued thesis, but another just to do so to give us a flavor of the... more info
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A hopeful book
I found this to be a hopeful book. Robin Wright has spent years in the area and has contacts with the power structure. That plus her interviews with "ordinary" people gave her book validity. The middle east world has been expanded with access to the web and television. The seeds for change are there if we just get out of their way and give them time to develop.
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