Hassan Abbas

The life and legacy of one of Mohammad’s closest confidants and Islam’s patron saint: Ali ibn Abi Talib The Prophet's Heir is praised by Reza Aslan, author of Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth, as “The best biography of Ali I’ve ever read.” Dr. Akbar Ahmed of AlBilad also notes, “For Muslims, this book is a must,...

The first account of the new Taliban—showing who they are, what they want, and how they differ from their predecessors A Newsweek Staffers' Favourite Book of 2023 Since the fall of Kabul in 2021, the Taliban have effective control of Afghanistan—a scenario few Western commentators anticipated. But after a twenty-year-long bitter war against the Republic of Afghanistan, reestablishing control is...