Out of the Middle East: Witnesses and Reflections on the Global Wave of Democracy
by Zhou Yijun
About This Novel
The relationship with the Middle East called Zhou Yijun back to the starting point: Turkey, Egypt, Bahrain, Libya, Iran, Nepal... One stop after another, earth-shaking. Major global transformation events such as the restructuring of Nepal, the reconstruction of Iraq, the Arab Spring, the war in Ukraine, the shadow of Venezuela, the Liechtenstein referendum, and the survival of the Queen of England are all shown one by one in the book. After traveling to 16 countries and interviewing 135 people, Zhou Yijun started writing in the Middle East and moved to major news hot spots around the world. She risked sexual harassment, discrimination, and even car bombs to create a universal depiction of the reversal, chaos and turmoil that this era is experiencing. With objective, true and speculative writing, she recorded everyone's situation in the turning point of history, and the laughter and tears in the changes. Widen the distance of time, and you will know the taste of every change.
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