Este autor es un respetado periodista y escritor cuyo trabajo profundiza en complejos paisajes geopolíticos e intrincaciones culturales. A través de una aguda observación y una prosa cautivadora, ofrece a los lectores profundas perspectivas sobre los acontecimientos mundiales. Su escritura ilumina las historias humanas a menudo pasadas por alto en la información internacional, revelando las corrientes más profundas de nuestro mundo interconectado.
A foreign correspondent from the 'Wall Street Journal' who has reported extensively from the Middle East, Yaroslav Trofimov here tells the story of the 1979 siege of Mecca. Hardly covered at the time, the event is now opened up through interviews with direct participants and the use of declassified documents.
In The Siege of Mecca, acclaimed journalist Yaroslav Trofimov pulls back the curtain on a thrilling, pivotal, and overlooked episode of modern history, examining its repercussions on the Middle East and the world. On November 20, 1979, worldwide attention was focused on Tehran, where the Iranian hostage crisis was entering its third week. That same morning, gunmen stunned the world by seizing the Grand Mosque in Mecca, creating a siege that trapped 100,000 people and lasted two weeks, inflaming Muslim rage against the United States and causing hundreds of deaths. But in the days before CNN and Al Jazeera, the press barely took notice. Trofimov interviews for the first time scores of direct participants in the siege, and draws upon hundreds of newly declassified documents. With the pacing, detail, and suspense of a real-life thriller, The Siege of Mecca reveals the long-lasting aftereffects of the uprising and its influence on the world today.
Drawing on reporting from more than a dozen Islamic countries, "Wall Street Journal" reporter Trofimov offers an unforgettable portrait of the Muslim world after September 11. What emerges is a penetrating portrait of people, faith, and countries.
A gripping debut novel inspired by the life of the author's grandmother who lived through the seismic events in Ukraine from the 1930s to 1950s.