David Pryce-Jones The Closed Circle: An Interpretation of the Arabs Harper & Row, 1989. I had heard this was one of the best overviews of Arab culture, and I’ve been reading it off and on between other things. It’s enlightening and depressing. Pryce-Jones asserts that all Arab nations are mired in a power-challenging/money-favoring culture based … Continue reading Book Review: David Pryce-Jones’ The Closed Circle