article_snippet.sent: Over the years, a stream of books followed.
article_snippet.sent: The Saudis: Inside the Desert Kingdom" offered "a rare first-hand glimpse into the hidden realm of Saudi social and public life," The New York Times wrote.
article_snippet.sent: The Turbulent World of the Arabs" helped bridge gaps in understanding between Arabs and Americans, critics wrote.
article_snippet.sent: Scholars may be put off by Mackey's occasionally florid, bombastic language, but Her work is a sound analysis and a sympathetic yet balanced effort to explain Arab perspectives to Americans," Elizabeth R. Hayford wrote in Library Journal.
article_snippet.sent: Fouad Ajami, the late Hoover Institute fellow who was also a frequent guest on CNN, took issue with her book on Iran.
article_snippet.sent: "  Ajami wrote for The New York Times' Sunday Book Review cover story in 2002.
highlights_snippet.sent: Mackey also wrote a book credited with helping bridge gap between Arabs and Americans .