Francisco Martin-Rayo
ASIN: B009AMLFY4
Publisher: CITA Press
Pages: 362
“Winning The Minds is a thought-provoking analysis rooted in impressive on-the-ground research. A valuable read.”- Graham Allison, Founding Dean of the Harvard Kennedy School and Director of the Belfer Center at Harvard UniversityThe Yemeni intelligence officer was yelling at me now, his moustache bristling with rage as he showered me with flecks of spit. “Enta muhim ma’a il jehuddi? Enta muhim?!” I tried to translate his words in my head, the fear paralyzing my brain as I begged for a translator. This only seemed to infuriate him even more, as up until this point we had been speaking in Arabic. Muhim… Important. Jehuddi… Jewish. He was asking me if I was important with the Jews. He thought I was Jewish. Another spate of insults and spit followed, and all I caught was Yisrael. He was implying I was a spy for Israel. I gasped as the significance of this accusation hit me. The Yemeni ...