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Kim Ghattas

Washington, D.C.
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@TheAtlantic @FT contributor. Visiting prof Dartmouth College. Author: BLACK WAVE on Saudi-Iran rivalry. Top 100 NYT books for 2020. Next book out Oct 2026.
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This book explores how the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the siege of Mecca changed Pakistani politics

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By Kim Ghattas
| Scroll.in
Saudi influence in Pakistan was not new. So far, it had taken the form of benevolent generosity for grand projects, like a national mosque for which King Faisal had donated $120 million in the 1960s. But the subcontinent was steeped in Indo-Persian culture, and Pakistan’s heritage was layered with centuries of Persian influence, from literature and poetry to food and music – and also its national language.
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Saudi Arabia’s Dark Shadow over the Islamic World | M.R. Narayan Swamy

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By Kim Ghattas
| Mainstream Weekly
BOOK REVIEW Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Rivalry that Unravelled the Middle East; by Kim Ghattas Wildfire/Headline Publishing Group Pages: xvii + 378; Price: Rs. 799 It is mind-boggling to even know how much death, destruction and human suffering Saudi Arabia has rained on the larger Islamic world with an insular religious ideology that has torn apart even the believers.
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History is tragically repeating itself in Lebanon

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By Kim Ghattas
| Financial Times
The writer is author of ‘Black Wave’ and an FT contributing editor Three weeks into what feels like a mini-third world war for many in...
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