 Megan McCormick brings to us the beautiful and violent history of the Middle History. With her memories of her journeys to Egypt, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Oman, and the help of Ian Wright (in Iran, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon), Justine Shapiro (in Turkey, Israel and Palestine) and Estelle Bingham (in Istanbul and Cairo), she remembers the most important events in the history of the Middle East: its empires, its religions, its wars, and its present day situation.