Gerard Russell
Auteur de Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: Journeys Into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East
Œuvres de Gerard Russell
Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: Journeys Into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East (2014) 364 exemplaires
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Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1973
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
UK (birth) - Lieux de résidence
- London, England, UK
- Études
- Oxford University (Balliol College)
- Professions
- Foreign Service Officer (UK)
- Organisations
- Carr Center for Human Rights, Kennedy School (Harvard)
Foreign Policy Center
New American Library. International Security Program - Prix et distinctions
- Order of the British Empire
- Courte biographie
- Gerard Russell is a Senior Associate at the Foreign Policy Centre in London, and a Senior Fellow with the International Security Program at the New American Foundation. He was a diplomat for 15 years, serving in the British Foreign Office and the United Nations, and speaks fluent Arabic and Sari. Russell is a member of the Order of the British Empire and lives in London. [from Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms (2014)]
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 1
- Membres
- 364
- Popularité
- #66,014
- Évaluation
- 4.1
- Critiques
- 16
- ISBN
- 13
- Langues
- 2
Essentially a travel memoir, but focused on minority religious groups still in existence in the Middle East. While some are monotheistic, others polytheistic, none are Abrahamic/"of the Book". A passive interest of mine whenever studying or travelling in the Middle East, I definitely appreciated being along for the ride.
The book only lets itself down by never deciding whether to be a stricter more academic work, or a travel memoir. I was frustrated a few times by it being one for a while and then suddenly switching to the other. I would happily have read one of each from this author.… (plus d'informations)