By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on April 7, 2014

Kanan Makiya is of that small school of Arab writers—with people like Fouad Ajami, Ali Allawi, and Said Aburish—who write as if Arabs have any agency at all in the decline of their world. The first part of Cruelty and Silence deals with the cruelty of the Arab world in general and the Saddam Hussein regime in particular, Continue reading →