Meccanomics

Renowned MiddleEast expert Vali Nasr combines historical narrative with contemporary ontheground research to introduce a Muslim World we’ve never seen. Meccanomics takes us behind the news so dominated by the struggle against extremists and the Taliban to reveal a new society one that is being reshaped by an upwardly mobile middle class of entrepreneurs investors professionals and insatiable consumers. His insights into the true situations in Iran Pakistan Afghanistan and the crucial bright spots of Dubai and Turkey provide a whole new way of thinking about the troubles and prospects in the region. Nasr’s groundbreaking analysis offers a powerful reassessment of a region where financial might – not fundamentalism – does the talking.