time the middle east Author:time inc As american's learned from the terrist attacks of 9/11 and the invsion and occupationof Iraq, the policticsand passions that roil the modern middle east can no longer be requarded as "over there" yet to many, the region remails remote, mysterious, a source only of tears and terrorism. In this volume the editors of TIME offer a rich, broad pictur... more »e of the modern Middle east-its people, cultures and credos.« less