Omar's Choice

<p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Omar's Choice</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> draws us into the shadowy role of ISIS in the bloody Syrian conflict. The story begun in </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Syrian Damascus Street </em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>and </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>An Ambassador to Syria </em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>follows Omar now a member of ISIS and John a CIA operative as they unleash a nightmare across Syria.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>In this ancient place of constant war and destruction Sultan lays bare the consequences and dangers both present and future brought on by the West's forever wars across the Middle East.</span></p><p><br></p><p>An extraordinary quartet of books. Normally it is the characters the people their flesh and blood their hopes fulfilled and dashed that drive a story. While this is certainly true here Sultan makes the location and the backdrop characters as important as any on two legs. This is a rare accomplishment indeed. Bravo!</p><p>­-<strong><em>Jack Rice ex-CIA officer</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>Sultan skillfully places fictional and real characters in actual places and scenarios and weaves through past and present US involvement in the Middle East. She demonstrates through the storytelling of fictional characters and real events how the US's faulty and hypocritical policies have orchestrated bizarre alliances in support of and opposition to its declared war on terror. Sultan brings to life the horrendous outcomes of US involvement including the rise of ISIS. </p><p>-<strong><em>Ali R. Abootalebi Professor of Middle East and Global Politics</em></strong></p>