Author

Michael Totten

Michael J. Totten is the author of nine books, including Where the West Ends and The Road to Fatima Gate.

231 articles by Michael Totten

The Year the Sky Fell

by Michael Totten

Review of 'Black Wave' by Kim Ghattas

Arab Spring blunders

Springtime for Morsi

by Michael Totten

Review of 'Arab Fall' By Eric Trager

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To Medina and Back

by Michael Totten

Heretic, by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

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Under the Black Flag

by Michael Totten

ISIS, by Michael Weiss & Hassan Hassan

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Is Libya Long for This World?

by Michael Totten

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Israel Builds a Wall in the North

by Michael Totten

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The Saudis Want to Arm an Insurgency

by Michael Totten

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Syrian Refugees in Israel?

by Michael Totten

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The Endless Face-off Over the Veil

by Michael Totten

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“Sin-Free” Egyptian Tourism?

by Michael Totten

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Winds of Change in the Levant

by Michael Totten

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The Arab League Suspends Syria

by Michael Totten