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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.
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Baghdad Without a Map and Other Misadventures in Arabia, Tony Horwitz
- Langue
- Année de publication
- 1991
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- État du livre
- Bon
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- Titre
- Baghdad Without a Map and Other Misadventures in Arabia
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Tony Horwitz
- Éditeur
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Publié
- 1991
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 285
- ISBN10
- 0452267455
- ISBN13
- 9780452267459
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Nonfiction, Histoires vraies, Biographies, Aventure, Humour, Manuels et guides, Autobiographies et mémoires, Biographies, Voyages, Écriture, Livres, Égypte, Israël, Iran, Afghanistan, Voyages et expéditions, Irak, Liban, Afrique du Nord, Soudan, Routes et communications terrestres, Libye, Jordanie, Yémen, Grenier, Combles
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- 4 sur 5
- Description
- 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.