May 24th, 2008 · Al-Qaida is fighting two wars — one against the West the other with the direction the terror organization is headed. Lawrence Wright, author of the definitive book on al-Qaida, The Looming Tower, explores the ideological rift in the organization in an article for next week's issue of The New Yorker magazine.
Mar 30th, 2007 · My Trip to Al-Qaeda, a one-man play in New York, is an emotional journey for the audience and the writer, who plays himself on stage. It documents Lawrence Wright's quest to understand the rage at the roots of the terrorist group.
Dec 13th, 2006 · Saudi Arabia has warned that it would offer support to Sunnis in Iraq if U.S. forces withdraw. Madeleine Brand speaks with Lawrence Wright, author of The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 about the implications of Saudi Arabian involvement in Iraq.
Sep 22nd, 2006 · Most people these days think of George Orwell as the author of high school reading staples Animal Farm and 1984. But author Lawrence Wright says that Orwell's essay "Politics and the English Language," is the piece of writing to which he most often returns.
Sep 5th, 2006 · Several lesser-known thinkers whose work is widely read on the Internet are more influential than Osama bin Laden in shaping the views and actions of Islamic radicals. That's the view of New Yorker writer Lawrence Wright, author of the book The Looming Tower.