Black Wave
Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East
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Kim Ghattas examines the rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran since 1979 and the ways it reshaped politics, religion, culture, and daily life across the Middle East.
It narrows the path from the long arc of American involvement to the regional contest for influence and legitimacy.
Why I include it
Use this as the modern geopolitical hinge of the collection, then compare its regional analysis with Syrian testimony and Iraqi fiction.
