Nabih Berri and Lebanese Politics

" Omri Nir is a tenacious and thorough reader of Lebanon s politics. His portrait of the Shia leader Nabih Berri is full and judicious. Nir has no axe to grind; he has given that quintessential survivor in Lebanon s politics a discerning and accurate assessment. " - Fouad Ajami, Professor and Director of Middle East Studies, The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced and International Studies & Senior Fellow, The Hoover Institution

" A penetrating, nuanced appraisal of Lebanon' s veteran Shi' a parliamentary speaker. In a fine political biography, Omri Nir brings into focus the link-man between what is probably Lebanon' s largest sectarian community and the country' s non-Shi' a majority. A scrupulously fair portrayal of Nabih Berri' s personal story and political affairs - a timely, much needed corrective to the relentless Western media conflation of the Lebanese Shi' a with Hezbollah. " - William Harris.