About the Author

Ed Hotaling is the winner of six Washington Emmy Awards. He was Middle East Bureau Chief for both CBS News, based in Beirut, and McGraw-Hill World News/Business Week, based in the Persian Gulf. He also reported from the Middle East for ABC News. His assignments have taken him to Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Iran, Turkey, Bahrain, Cyprus, and beyond, covering war and terrorism, diplomacy and business. He is the author of four books. In Washington, he has reported for NBC radio and NBC-4 television.

Reviews

Timely, welcome, and eminently readable. . . . A fair and balanced picture of Islam.-- "Dan Rather, CBS News"