Causes for Optimism in Africa, Palestine and Russia

Abdel Bari Atwan

Abdel Bari Atwan is the editor-in-chief of Rai al-Youm, Arabic Independent newspaper. The established author, broadcaster and former editor of al-Quds al-Arabi was born in a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip two years after the Nakhbah. Having left to Jordan in 1967, Atwan has lived most of his life in exile. Atwan has Four bestselling books: the country of world , the secret History of Alqaeda, after bin Laden, the last one Islamic State: The Digital Caliphate.