Boston Book Festival

October 17-19, 2013

2010 Event Descriptions

Global Hot Spot: The Middle East

12:00pm Trinity Church Forum 206 Clarendon Street

Hear a variety of perspectives on one of the world’s perennial trouble spots. Thanassis Cambanis investigates the threat posed by Hezbollah in A Privilege to Die. Haleh Esfandiari, author of My Prison, My Home, reveals details of her imprisonment in Iran and its lingering effects. In Aftermath, journalist Nir Rosen explores the U.S.’s invasion of Iraq and the realities of counterinsurgency. Moderated by Noah Feldman (The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State).