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|author=Neil MacFarquhar
|title=The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday
|rating=4.5
|genre=Politics and Society
|summary=''What are the chances of change in the Middle East?'' is the question central to this book. Since Neil MacFarquhar spent thirteen years wandering the length and breadth of the Islamic stronghold of the Middle East, I feel inclined to believe his in-depth assessment. In descriptive and reasoned terms, he identifies conservative forces which predominate in the region, primarily the religious and political machinery which condemns liberalization and modernization. This discussion of attempts to promote change, for example by individual dissidents or the media, is strengthened in the second half of the book by detailed case studies of six nations with particular reference to their readiness and motivation for change.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1586488112</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=David Aaronovitch