Colin MacKinnon was chief editor of Middle East Executive Reports. While living in Iran, he taught at Tehran University and the University of Jondi Shapur in Ahwaz. In the mid-1970's, he was director of the American Institute of Iranian Studies in Tehran. He has a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages from UCLA and a master of science in Journalism from Columbia University. He has taught Persian at Columbia University and at Georgetown. From 1995-1997, he was Iran Country Coordinator for Amnesty International USA. He lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland with his wife Diane.
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Colin MacKinnon, praised by the New Yorker for capturing 'the le Carr├® manner,' breathes life into historical fact with this gripping, fast-paced novel about the search for bin Laden in the months leading to 9/11. An Afghan resistance fighter of the 1... SEE MORE