Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms

Informationen zum Autor Gerard Russell is a former United Nations and British diplomat. During his time with the British foreign service, which took him to Cairo, Jerusalem, Baghdad, Jeddah and Kabul, he was described as 'the foremost expert on the Islamic world in his generation.' In 2009 he moved to the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, and is now working in a strategic communications consultancy in London. He is fluent in both Arabic and Farsi. Klappentext Combines travelogue and history, as former diplomat Gerard Russell ventures to the distant, nearly impassable regions of the Middle East where obscure, mysterious religions still cling to survival. He lives among the Mandaeans and Ezidis of Iraq, the Zoroastrians of Iran and the Copts of Egypt. Zusammenfassung Part travelogue, part history, a beautifully written account of the disappearing religions of the world.

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Gerard Russell is a former United Nations and British diplomat. During his time with the British foreign service, which took him to Cairo, Jerusalem, Baghdad, Jeddah and Kabul, he was described as 'the foremost expert on the Islamic world in his generation.' In 2009 he moved to the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, and is now working in a strategic communications consultancy in London. He is fluent in both Arabic and Farsi.

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Combines travelogue and history, as former diplomat Gerard Russell ventures to the distant, nearly impassable regions of the Middle East where obscure, mysterious religions still cling to survival. He lives among the Mandaeans and Ezidis of Iraq, the Zoroastrians of Iran and the Copts of Egypt.

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Part travelogue, part history, a beautifully written account of the disappearing religions of the world.