Destiny Disrupted

"A must read for anyone who wants to learn more about the history of the Islamic world" (San Francisco Chronicle)

We in the West share a common narrative of world history. However, our story largely omits a whole civilisation whose citizens shared an entirely different narrative for a thousand years, as seen by the Islamic world, from the time of Mohammed through the fall of the Ottoman Empire to the events of 9/11 and beyond.

In Destiny Disrupted, Tamim Ansary tells the rich story of world history as the Islamic world saw it. He clarifies why our civilisations grew up oblivious to each other, what happened when they intersected, and how the Islamic world was affected by its slow recognition that Europe—a place it long perceived as primitive and disorganised—had somehow hijacked destiny.

With sympathy to both Muslim and Western perspectives, Destiny Disrupted offers a fresh and vital perspective on world conflicts we thought we understood.