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Ajami resurrects the Shia's neglected history, both distant and recent, and interweaves the life and work of Musa al Sadr with the larger strands of the Shia past.



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The questions Ajami raises are likely to remain central; he is challenging some of the fundamental assumptions with which many Arab and Western students of Arab history and politics have worked in recent decades.

-- Itamar Rabinovich * New Republic *

The Vanished Imam offers much more than a utilitarian account of recent developments in Lebanon. It takes the raw stuff of daily politics and turns it into a classic account of human achievement and strife. The details are localbut Mr. Ajami endows the story with a universal significance. His tale of the stranger who transforms a people and thenwhen his work is donereenacts its most sacred dramahas the literary power of a masterpiece.

-- Daniel Pipes * Wall Street Journal *

The Vanished Imam

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    A Paperback / softback by Fouad Ajami

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      Publisher Cornell University Press
      Published 25 August 1987
      ISBN-13 9780801494161
      978-0801494161
      ISBN-10 0801494168
      Also in:
      Middle Eastern history Islamic groups: Shi’ah, Shi’ite Not Just Books Stationery

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Ajami resurrects the Shia's neglected history, both distant and recent, and interweaves the life and work of Musa al Sadr with the larger strands of the Shia past.



      Trade Review

      The questions Ajami raises are likely to remain central; he is challenging some of the fundamental assumptions with which many Arab and Western students of Arab history and politics have worked in recent decades.

      -- Itamar Rabinovich * New Republic *

      The Vanished Imam offers much more than a utilitarian account of recent developments in Lebanon. It takes the raw stuff of daily politics and turns it into a classic account of human achievement and strife. The details are localbut Mr. Ajami endows the story with a universal significance. His tale of the stranger who transforms a people and thenwhen his work is donereenacts its most sacred dramahas the literary power of a masterpiece.

      -- Daniel Pipes * Wall Street Journal *

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