About This Book
A groundbreaking critique of the West's historical, cultural, and political perceptions of the East that is—decades after its first publication—one of the most important books written about our divided world. • With a new foreword by Ussama Makdisi "Intellectual history on a high order ... and very...
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Reading Time Estimates
10h 8m
slow reader
180 WPM
7h 18m
average reader
250 WPM
5h 13m
fast reader
350 WPM
📖 109,450 words📅 15 days at 30 min/day
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7 h 18 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
8 h 6 min
at 1.5x narration speed
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12 h 10 min
Audio 2x
6 h 5 min
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