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...Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday By Neil MacFarquhar PublicAffairs; 387 pages...
...mistake to view the darker aspects of life in the Middle East as the entire spectrum and write off the rest," states MacFarquhar, a former Cairo bureau chief for the New York Times. The son of an American oilworker, MacFarquhar grew up in Libya and speaks Arabic. His survey of the modern Middle East is concerned with more than just the typical tales of conflict, death and revenge so often peddled by foreign correspondents. With both an insider's affection and an outsider's perspective, he paints a richer, more subtle portrait of the region through miniprofiles of the people...
Williams Professor of History and Political Science Roderick MacFarquhar, the interim director of the Fairbank Center who Kirby will replace, said that he thought Kirby would be “warmly received” by others at the center...
...MacFarquhar added that Kirby’s experience with Chinese history makes him a natural choice to lead the center...
...thought he was going to be director of the Fairbank Center years and years ago,” said MacFarquhar. “Instead, he has taken a long detour...