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Generation Freedom

The Middle East Uprisings and the Remaking of the Modern World

Generation Freedom book coverTimely and provocative, Generation Freedom looks at the historic youth uprisings sweeping the Middle East and what they mean for the future of peace, coexistence, and relations with the West. READ MORE


The Council of Dads

A Story of Family, Friendship & Learning How to Live

The Council of Dads book coverWhen bestselling author Bruce Feiler was diagnosed with a malignant tumor in his leg, he could only imagine all the walks he might not take with his daughters, the ballet recitals he would miss, the art projects left undone, and the aisles he might not walk down. READ MORE

Read Bruce’s cancer diary.

Bruce's latest news

The Council of Dads is now a New York Times bestseller!! My fifth in a row. Thank you for all your support.

Watch my brand-new talk about THE COUNCIL OF DADS!  It lasts just under 18 minutes.

My wife and I appeared on “The Today Show” to talk about THE COUNCIL OF DADS with Matt Lauer.  Check it out here.

Bruce Feiler Appearance on Anderson

November 21st, 2011

“Generation Freedom” on Nightline

July 11th, 2011

I was honored to be invited on NIGHTLINE to discuss GENERATION FREEDOM. You can watch my interview with Terry Moran here.

Hope in the Arab Spring

June 17th, 2011

Time Magazine runs an exclusive first excerpt of Generation Freedom.

Beyond their political implications, the religious dimensions of the Middle East uprisings have always been central, particularly to the West. Ever since 9/11, the West and Islam have been locked in a chilly standoff. The relationship was captured by Harvard professor Samuel Huntington’s lightning-rod phrase “the Clash of Civilizations.” Huntington’s thesis, which was roundly trashed when it was published as an article in 1993 but became a best seller in book form following Sept. 11, was that Islam taught Muslims to be hostile to freedom, pluralism and individualism.

At first blush, the Arab Spring seemed to render Huntington’s idea deader than ever. In up to 20 Islamic countries, Muslims marched in the face of bullets, tanks and water cannons, demanding the exact human dignities that parades of commentators had assured the American public Muslims didn’t want. If anything, the uprisings of 2011, coupled with the death of Osama bin Laden, raised the tantalizing possibility that the West and Islam, which came to the brink of a Holy War in the past decade, might finally be able to build a Holy Peace. Could the Clash of Civilizations be giving way at last to the Convergence of Civilizations?

A Father’s Prayer for His Daughters

June 17th, 2011

My Father’s Day post on Huffington Post.

As long as humans have worshiped gods, they have walked to get closer to them. In the Bible, the greatest spiritual breakthroughs occur when the heroes are on journeys: Abraham going forth to the Promised Land; the Israelites crossing the Red Sea; Israel exiled to Babylon. From the Hajj to the Stations of the Cross, the greatest pilgrimages involve walking. And many pilgrims purposefully make their gait more arduous in order to slow their pace even more. Now I understand why.

Watch Bruce on CNN: Is America in a Holy War?

August 12th, 2010

CNN has posted a video of my interview with Anderson Cooper last night. One BP commercial, lots of venom from an anti-Muslim militant, then my VERY pink tie!

To watch:  Click here.