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Kanan Makiya
AuthorBooks · Second handSince 1949
Kanan Makiya is an Iraqi-American academic and professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at Brandeis University. He gained international attention with Republic of Fear (1989), which became a best-selling book after Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait, and with Cruelty and Silence (1991), a critique of the Arab intelligentsia. In 2003, Makiya lobbied the U.S. government to invade Iraq and oust Hussein.
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Kanan Makiya was born in Baghdad in 1949 and holds dual Iraqi and American citizenship.
He is a renowned orientalist who has dedicated his career to the study of politics and government in the Middle East.
His most iconic work is Republic of Fear, a fundamental text for understanding the political reality of Iraq.
Throughout his career, he has published a total of 15 works exploring topics ranging from architecture to fiction.
His work deeply analyzes the relationship between power structures and monuments, such as the Qaws al-Naṣr arch.