Tony Horowitz: Baghdad without a Map: And Other Misadventures in Arabia

Baghdad without a Map: And Other Misadventures in Arabia


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A very funny and frequently insightful look at the world s most combustible region. The New York Times Book Review With razor-sharp wit and insight, intrepid journalist Tony Horwitz gets beyond solemn newspaper headlines and romantic myths of Arabia to offer startling close-ups of a volatile region few Westerners understand. His quest for hot stories takes him from the tribal wilds of Yemen to the shell-pocked shores of Lebanon; from the malarial sands of the Sudan to the eerie souks of Saddam Hussein s Iraq, a land so secretive that even street maps and weather reports are banned. As an oasis in the Empty Quarter, a veiled woman offers tea and a mysterious declaration of love. In Cairo, politeness police patrol seedy nightclubs to ensure that belly dancers don t show any belly. And at the Ayatollah s funeral in Tehran a mourner chants, Death to America, then confesses to the author his secret dream to visit Disneyland. Careening through thirteen Muslim countries and Israel, Horwitz travels light, packing a keen eye, a wicked sense of humor, and chutzpah in almost suicidal measure. This wild and comic tale of Middle East misadventure reveals a fascinating world in which the ancient and the modern collide. As a document of the cultural impasse that brought on the war, this is unsurpassed. Village Voice High-spirited and entertaining. The New Yorker A timely and incisive insider s description of the mysterious Arab World . . . Tony Horwitz is an ideal guide for American Reader. Chicago Tribune"


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Author: Tony Horowitz
Number of Pages: 285 pages
Published Date: 31 Jan 1992
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
Publication Country: New York, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9780452267459
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