OUP to launch book on 'Wars, insurgencies and terrorist attacks'

Oxford University Press (OUP) would launch "Wars, insurgencies and terrorist attacks", a psychosocial perspective from the Muslim world by Professor Dr Unaiza Niaz here on March 9. Most wars, insurgencies, and terrorist attacks take place in the Muslim world.
This is not a coincidence; understanding this phenomenon in its political and psychosocial perspectives is vital. An attempt has been made in this book to analyse these observable facts in a comprehensive, academic manner as to why such incidents are more prevalent in Muslim countries.
The wars in the Muslim world in the 20th and 21st centuries in Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bosnia, Chechnya, Algeria, Lebanon and struggle of Kashmir's liberation are discussed; with a focus on the psychiatric aftermath on the civilians and validated by guest authors from the Muslim world. The book has a positive message, particularly with regard to the positive roles which could be enacted by mental health professionals. Mutual understanding itself represents an important step towards peace and reconciliation. Dr Niaz is currently Director, Psychiatric Clinic and Stress Research Centre, Karachi.