You raise an interesting point. I would also like to hear an Arabic take on the novels.

Whittemore himself, as far as I understand his books, didn't take sides and his approach to the Middle East was holistic.

As you have raised this question, what are your views?

I would be most interested in hearing them.

Anne

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: Wish there were some of that here -
: particularly by readers of Egyptian, Syrian
: or Palestinian descent. Nile Shadows, for
: example, resonates differently when the
: locale is in one's blood, so to speak,
: however distantly. Just an opinion, of
: course.
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