The Siege of Mecca: The 1979 Uprising at Islam's Holiest Shrine Condition:Good Viv is hanging up her

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The Siege of Mecca: The 1979 Uprising at Islam's Holiest Shrine Condition:Good Viv is hanging up herIn The Siege of Mecca, acclaimed journalist Yaroslav Trofimov pulls back the curtain on a thrilling, pivotal, and overlooked episode of modern history, examining its repercussions on the Middle East and the world. On November 20, 1979, worldwide attention was focused on Tehran, where the Iranian hostage crisis was entering its third week. That same morning, gunmen stunned the world by seizing the Grand Mosque in Mecca, creating a siege that trapped