Christina Lamb Livres

À 16 ans, Nujeen Mustafa a fui les bombardements d'Alep, traversant l'Europe en fauteuil roulant. Ayant passé sa vie en fauteuil roulant, elle a reçu peu d'instruction en Syrie, mais a appris l'anglais en regardant des séries américaines. En 2014, sa ville de Kobané a été le théâtre de violents combats entre l'État islamique et les forces kurdes soutenues par les États-Unis. La famille Mustafa a dû fuir vers la Turquie, puis vers l'Europe, où elle s'est finalement installée en Allemagne. Christina Lamb, co-auteure du best-seller "Moi, Malala", est diplômée d'Oxford et de Harvard. Elle a écrit plusieurs ouvrages et a reçu de nombreux prix pour son travail de grand reporter, dont le titre de meilleur correspondant étranger britannique à cinq reprises et le prix Bayeux, qui récompense le meilleur correspondant de guerre européen.

Élevée par des parents éclairés dans un Pakistan en pleine transformation, Malala Yousafzai a toujours été encouragée à défendre ses opinions. Son père, en créant sa propre école et en s'opposant ouvertement aux talibans, lui a montré la voie. Il a instillé en elle la soif d'apprendre, le désir de résister au traitement des femmes dans son pays. Ce jour-là, le 9 octobre 2012, Malala rentre de l'école lorsque, soudain, le bus scolaire s'arrête. Deux hommes armés lui tirent dessus. Son crime ? Avoir osé prétendre aux mêmes droits que les garçons, et avoir dénoncé les talibans qui incendient les écoles et interdisent aux jeunes filles le droit à l'éducation. Pendant dix jours, Malala reste entre la vie et la mort. Mais malgré l'exil, les menaces, les mois de rééducation, Malala est, plus que jamais, résolue à lutter pour ses convictions.

"In Our Bodies, Their Battlefields, longtime intrepid war correspondent Christina Lamb makes us witness to the lives of women in wartime. An award-winning war correspondent for twenty-five years (she's never had a female editor) Lamb reports two wars--the "bang-bang" war and the story of how the people behind the lines live and survive. At the same time, since men usually act as the fighters, women are rarely interviewed about their experience of wartime, other than as grieving widows and mothers, though their experience is markedly different from that of the men involved in battle. Lamb chronicles extraordinary tragedy and challenges in the lives of women in wartime. And none is more devastating than the increase of the use of rape as a weapon of war. Visiting warzones including the Congo, Rwanda, Nigeria, Bosnia, and Iraq, and spending time with the Rohingya fleeing Myanmar, she records the harrowing stories of survivors, from Yazidi girls kept as sex slaves by ISIS fighters and the beekeeper risking his life to rescue them; to the thousands of schoolgirls abducted across northern Nigeria by Boko Haram, to the Congolese gynecologist who stitches up more rape victims than anyone on earth. Told as a journey, and structured by country, Our Bodies, Their Battlefields gives these women voice."--Amazon

A gripping expose of the Allied Forces occupation of Afghanistan. The failure of the West in Afghanistan is unquestionably devastating and despite efforts to eliminate the Taliban from the country, their presence has continued to grow. Insurgent attacks have also increased, and the region still struggles against poverty, an unstable infrastructure and a huge number of land mines. Initially billed as the West's success story by both Bush and Blair, Afghanistan remains, largely, a lawless, violent land. Reporting on the region for a number of years, Lamb has fought with the mujahadeen dressed as an Afghan boy, experienced a near-fatal ambush and head-on encounter with Taliban forces and successfully established links with American, British, Afghan government, Taliban and tribal fighters. Her unparalleled access to troops and civilians on the ground, as well as to top military officials has ensured that this is the definitive book on the region, exposing the realities of Afghanistan unlike anyone before. In the same vein as Robert Fisk's "The Great War of Civilisation", this is compelling, moving and impossible to put down.

Blue mountains, golden fields, gin and tonics on the terrace—once it seemed like the most idyllic place on earth. By August 2002, however, Marondera, Zimbabwe, had transformed into a bloody battleground. One fateful morning, Nigel Hough, one of the few remaining white farmers, received devastating news: a crowd of war veterans demanded he surrender his homestead. The mob ignited a fire and dragged him to an outhouse, where he was confronted by his family's beloved nanny, Aqui. “Get out or we’ll kill you,” she warned. “There is no place for whites in this country.” Christina Lamb reveals this astonishing saga while reporting clandestinely on Zimbabwe, tracing the brutal civil war, independence, and the Mugabe years through the lives of two individuals on opposing sides. Despite being born just miles apart, their upbringings were worlds apart; while Nigel enjoyed cricket and flying, Aqui grew up in a mud hut, struggling for basic necessities. “They had cars and went shopping in South Africa. We didn’t have food and had to walk an hour each way to fetch water,” she recalls. This narrative is based on remarkable interviews with the white farmer and black nanny, set against the backdrop of Zimbabwe's tumultuous history and the descent of Robert Mugabe, once a respected nationalist leader.

An extraordinary collection of reportage that tells the story of some of the most important world events of the past 16 years, from one of the most talented and intrepid female journalists at work today.

In the last decades of the British Empire, Stewart Gore-Brown built a feudal paradise in Northern Rhodesia, a sprawling estate reminiscent of the finest English homes, complete with servants and rose gardens. He envisioned sharing this dream with Ethel Locke King, a remarkable woman nearly twenty years his senior, married, and his aunt. Lorna, the only other woman he loved, had married long ago. Then he encountered Lorna's orphaned daughter, who resembled her mother so closely that it felt like a ghostly reunion. This new connection offered companionship and the possibility of love, yet sharing the Africa House proved challenging. The narrative unfolds against the backdrop of British colonial life, marked by arrogance and ambition, culminating in a poignant conclusion as the once-majestic house falls into ruin, symbolizing lost dreams and betrayal. Christina Lamb captures a tale rich with passion, adventure, and heartache, described as "absorbing, affecting, and bizarre" by the Sunday Telegraph and an "amazing story of high hopes, lost love, and ruined lives" by the Sunday Times. An award-winning journalist, Lamb has spent nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent, covering diverse regions and authoring several acclaimed works.

Ten years ago, Christina Lamb reported on the war the Afghan people were fighting against the Soviet Union. Now, back in Afghanistan, she has written an extraordinary memoir of her love affair with the country and its people. schovat popis

A story of worlds colliding and a snapshot of modern Britain