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Kim ghattas born 1977 in beirut, lebanon is a journalist for the bbc and author who covered the us state department. S state department and american politics, and is the author of the secretary. She also writes the madison avery series under the kim harrison pseudonym. Kim ghattas delivers a gripping account of the largely unexplored story of the rivalry between saudi arabia and iran, born from the sparks of the 1979 iranian revolution and fueled by american policy.
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