Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes
Ansary, Tamim
ISBN 10: 1586488139 ISBN 13: 9781586488130
Published by PublicAffairs, 2010
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Synopsis:
The Western narrative of world history largely omits a whole civilization. Destiny Disrupted tells the history of the world from the Islamic point of view, and restores the centrality of the Muslim perspective, ignored for a thousand years.
About the Author:
Tamim Ansary is the author of the memoir West of Kabul, East of New York, co-author with Farah Ahmadi of the New York Times bestseller The Other Side of the Sky, and has been a major contributing writer to several secondary school history textbooks. Ansary is director of the San Francisco Writers Workshop.
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Title: Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World ...
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Publication Date: 2010
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good