{"product_id":"toufic","title":"Toufic El Rassi | Babylon Burning: a graphic history of the making of the modern Middle East book","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew Copy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description rte\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new graphic novel from the creator of \u003ci\u003eArab in America\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe United States has a long and troubling history of military and political intervention in the Middle East.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis involvement has led to terrible consequences for the people of the region. Much of the of the area’s conflict and instability has origins in this past - a past little discussed in the west.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBabylon Burning documents some of the key events of US and western intervention in the Middle East and other parts of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough the medium of the graphic novel, this often esoteric history is made more accessible to a wider number of people. Using words and pictures, the author exposes the misuse and abuse of power. This book is a challenge to American foreign policy and those who promote its expansionist history and agenda.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lg-quote\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePen Power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"lg-quote-source\"\u003eWall Street Journal for Arab in America\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"lg-quote\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e...as much a political commentary as it is a memoir...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"lg-quote-source\"\u003eBooklust for Arab in America\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Kirks' Grocery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54289684103332,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/9935\/8116\/files\/5E34BD1D-5E8D-490F-8E5B-6928ABBC2FF0.jpg?v=1792118686","url":"https:\/\/kirks-grocery.myshopify.com\/products\/toufic","provider":"Kirks' Grocery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}