Praise for Bernard Lewis
“Bernard Lewis, the master of the Middle East universe!”
—Les Gelb, former president, Council on Foreign Relations
“It is clear the author is one of two things: either a candid friend or an honorable enemy. And, in either case, he is one who disdains to distort the truth.”
—Preface to the Arabic translation of Lewis’ The Middle East and the West, published by the Muslim Brothers
“For newcomers to the subject...Bernard Lewis is the man.”
—TIME Magazine
“The doyen of Middle Eastern studies.”
—The New York Times
“No one writes about Muslim history with greater authority, or intelligence, or literary charm.”
—British historian Hugh Trevor-Roper
“Bernard Lewis has no living rival in his field.”
—Al Ahram, Cairo (the most influential ...
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