Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World through Islamic Eyes

Written by:
Tamim Ansary
Narrated by:
Tamim Ansary

Unabridged Audiobook

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Book
22
Narrator
9
Release Date
April 2009
Duration
17 hours 28 minutes
Summary
With storytelling brio and evenhanded sympathy to all sides of the story, Ansary clarifies how the Muslim world views the history of the world and what they therefore make of our own version of events.

Until about 1800, the West and the Islamic realm were like two adjacent, parallel universes, each assuming itself to be the center of the world while ignoring the other. As Europeans colonized the globe, the two world histories intersected, and the Western narrative drove the other one under. The West hardly noticed, but the Islamic world found the encounter profoundly disrupting.

By revealing that parallel “other” narrative to the chapter we are living today, this book will help us to make sense of today’s world conflicts. Ansary traces the history of the Muslim world from pre-Mohammedan days through 9/11, introducing the people, events, and key turning points, not only in terms of what happened but also in terms of how those events were understood and interpreted.
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Caitin P.

Excellent read and an eye opening perspective.

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Amr H

Regardless few historical inaccuracies, this book does an excellent job in introducing any reader the perspective of Muslims of world history.

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