Veranda of Mecca: Faith, Peace, and the Remaking of Aceh after the Tsunami

What happens to a society's faith when catastrophe and war strike at once? Aceh survived both—and remade itself.The Veranda of Mecca offers a rare and deeply grounded portrait of Aceh after two defining ruptures: the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and the 2005 Helsinki peace agreement that ended decades of armed conflict between the Indonesian state and the Free Aceh Movement.Written by Acehnese schola...