Collected essays and journalism from one of our foremost writers: from
cultural commentary to the war in Iraq. ?Globalisation is happening. It is
driven by economics, ideology and communications. But does this have to entail
the annexation of chunks of the world by the Great Power of any given moment?
Surely that is the path to constant conflict, to grief and misery. There is
another way: to inhabit and broaden the common ground. This is the ground where
everybody is welcome, the ground we need to defend and to expand. It is in
Mezzaterra that every responsible person on this planet now needs to pitch
their tent. This is the ground from which this book is calling.?; Ahdaf Soueif is one of the finest commentators of our time. Her clear-eyed
reporting is syndicated throughout the world, and these essays, written between
1981 and the present, are collected here for the first time. They are the
direct result of Soueif?s own circumstances of being, as she puts it, ?like
hundreds of thousands of others: people with an Arab or a Muslim background
doing daily double-takes when faced with their reflection in a western
mirror?.; From visiting Palestine and entering the Noble Sanctuary for the first
time, to interpretations of women who choose to wear the veil, and to
post-September 11th commentary, these selected essays are always perceptive,
fearless, intelligent and necessary.
