The “Viennese Orientalists” Bert Fragner, Walter Posch, Stefan Prochazka,
Gisela Prochazka-Eisl and Georg Stillfried
Guest of Gudrun Harrer
Recent developments in the Arab and Islamic world have taught experts that knowledge sometimes does not protect against helplessness. After years of stagnation, events in the Middle East have come thick and fast since the beginning of the so-called Arab Spring. 2014 has become the year of a new war, against the „Islamic State“, while the nuclear negotiations with Iran are opening up new opportunities to resolve an old conflict. Gudrun Harrer, managing editor of Der Standard, addresses these and other topics in her new book and discusses them with a high-calibre panel.
In co-operation with Der Standard
Gudrun Harrer: Middle Eastern maze. Analyses away from the mainstream
Hardback edition: 192 pages
Kremayr & Scheria, September 2014
ISBN-10: 3218009308