How Long to Read Happier Islams

How Long Does it Take to Read Happier Islams?

It takes the average reader 12 hours and 13 minutes to read Happier Islams by Ivan Hall

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Being the Wry Eye Witness Chronicle of Rookie American Cultural Diplomat Ivan P. Hall. As a fragile peace in Afghanistan breaks down once again in 2016, and as machete murders in broad daylight of progressive intellectuals by radical zealots erode the rare heritage of religious toleration in secularist Bangladesh, Ivan Hall with grace and wry wit brings back to life for us today - in a chronicle penned then and there - the now totally counterintuitive "Happier Islams" he experienced as a young cultural officer with the U.S. Information Service, sent out in 1958-1961 to promote America's good name in Muslim South Asia In Kabul a half century ago Islam though forbiddingly traditional was still politically quiescent. In Dacca, East Pakistan (today's Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh) a less rigid type of Islam had long accommodated its large Hindu minority. And a "Happier US," too, as American diplomats worked in lightly guarded embassies, personal safety taken for granted, enjoying an individual and political popularity unthinkable throughout the Muslim world today. Rare as a memoir by an active embassy officer (rather than scholar or journalist) about a still dictator-run Afghanistan totally at peace in the late 1950s, Hall's story also offers a unique glimpse into Dacca's lively America-savvy intelligentsia as of 1960. Illustrated by 200 color photos taken at the time, and updated with geopolitical backgrounders for his two posts then and now, Hall's narrative also casts a critical eye on the bent of his USIS employer at the height of the Cold War for short-term political advocacy at the expense of long-term cultural ties. By way of contrast his prologue and epilogue limn the heartwarming American genius for private sector "cultural diplomacy he witnessed or took part in during his years "before and after," in Europe and Japan. Crawling onto the Great Buddha's head at Bamian. Mounting the first modern art exhibition in Afghanistan. Picnicking on mountain meadows later pummeled by Soviet gunships. Capturing on camera those remote mood-laden landscapes, those stunning Afghan juxtapositions of verdant and austere. Directing Broadway hits with young Pakistani actors destined to become Foreign Secretaries and top ambassadors of Bangladesh. Flying lessons with the Pakistan Air Force. Living it up in Calcutta. The nagging moral conundrum of that extraordinary artistic sensibility throughout Bengal cheek-by-jowl with material poverty and physical pain never seen before or after on such a vast and poignant scale. Rousing welcomes for his talks on Faulkner or the 1960 Kennedy-Nixon campaign at Muslim Libraries and Assembly Halls. A heady and nostalgic anecdotal romp through worlds long since lost.

How long is Happier Islams?

Happier Islams by Ivan Hall is 716 pages long, and a total of 183,296 words.

This makes it 242% the length of the average book. It also has 224% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Happier Islams Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 16 hours and 41 minutes to read Happier Islams aloud.

What Reading Level is Happier Islams?

Happier Islams is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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