{"id":272,"date":"2026-06-02T23:01:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T23:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/talentino.client-demo-websites.com\/?page_id=272"},"modified":"2026-07-09T17:23:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:23:11","slug":"about-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/talentino.client-demo-websites.com\/index.php\/about-author\/","title":{"rendered":"About Author"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"272\" class=\"elementor elementor-272\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-04c7744 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"04c7744\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;video&quot;,&quot;background_video_link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/talentino.client-demo-websites.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/Talentino-Angelosante-VBT-Without-Preview-Final.mp4&quot;,&quot;background_play_on_mobile&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-video-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-background-video-hosted\" role=\"presentation\" autoplay muted playsinline loop><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-955e23d\" data-id=\"955e23d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23853d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"23853d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Author <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ef2cf49 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ef2cf49\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-76c8027\" data-id=\"76c8027\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6bfc83c elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6bfc83c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-99d1f2a\" data-id=\"99d1f2a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa90d8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"aa90d8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-af224f3\" data-id=\"af224f3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b944301 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b944301\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Talentino Angelosante<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c6d507 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c6d507\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSome stories demand to be told. Some years refuse to stay buried.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b064732 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b064732\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Talentino Angelosante\u00a0has spent the better part of his life chasing the echoes of 1979\u2014from the smoke-stained archives of Tehran to the bullet-pocked walls of Beirut, from the dust-choked refugee camps of Peshawar to the marble courtyards of Mecca, where gunfire once drowned out the call to prayer.<\/p><p>He is not a detached academic. He is a storyteller, a researcher, and a seeker of the truth that connects the past to the headlines you read this morning.<\/p><p>This book was born from a simple question:\u00a0<em>Why does the Middle East keep burning?<\/em>\u00a0The answer, Angelosante discovered, lies not in the last decade or the last war, but in a single, explosive year\u20141979\u2014when revolutions, sieges, invasions, and a solitary peace treaty cracked the old world open and let something new, raw, and unfinished crawl out.<\/p><p>I have talked with intelligence officers, but none who plotted coups. I can accept the jihadist, but Mujahideen may be more accurate, as well as the diplomats and Kyber pass statement. However, I have never been at the gates of Evin Prison or inside Iran. I have been to Pul-e-Charkhi Prison in Afghanistan. I have talked with Egyptian Historians, Afghan ministers and former Mujahideen. I have met royalty in Saudi and Kuwait, but that was at functions, more so than a discussion.<\/p><p>What he learned changed him. What he wrote in these pages will change how you see the world.<\/p><p>This is not just history. This is a warning, a mirror, and a key. Understanding 1979 is not an academic exercise\u2014it is survival. The alliances, the enmities, the holy wars, and the proxy battles of today were all set in motion during those twelve chaotic months.<\/p><p><strong>Welcome to 1979. The storm at the heart of Islam. The year that never ended.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Author Talentino Angelosante Some stories demand to be told. Some years refuse to stay buried. 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