Books : Baghdad without a Map and Other Misadventures in Arabia
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by: Tony Horwitz
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 915.60453
EAN: 9780452267459
ISBN: 0452267455
Label: Plume
Manufacturer: Plume
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: January 01, 1992
Publisher: Plume
Sales Rank: 299142
Studio: Plume
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A journalist chronicles his travels throughout the Middle East, discussing Cairo's seedy nightclubs, paid assassins in Libya, a mourner at the Ayatollah's funeral, and more. Reprint. 25,000 first printing. NYT.
Amazon.com Review:
Horwitz has the touch, the ability to astutely capture the ludicrous essence of an experience while filling in all the pertinent socio-historic details. He chews qat with the Yemenis, plays soccer with the Sudanese Dinka refugees and listens to an endless refrain of 'You are the perfume of Iraq, oh Saddam' in Baghdad. Horwitz' eye and wit are equally sharp, and his book is an exceptionally good read.
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Rating:  - Culture Meets Culture
BAGHDAD WITHOUT A MAP is a series of articles Tony Horwitz wrote while trying to spark a freelance journalism career in the Middle East. The title is somewhat misleading as the articles cover a wide spectrum of Middle Eastern countries.
Horwitz does not always have an assignment as was the case when he visited Yemen, one of the most unusual countries in the book. Almost everyone in Yemen is high on Qat, a hallucinogenic shrub that the inhabitants chew like tobacco. Horwitz, who's always ... Read More
Rating: - When it comes down to it, we're all the same
Bagdad Without a Map is the account of a journalist working in the Middle East for some odd number of years in the 1990's. In this book he published the notes that are not really suitable for any journalistic account, but as such it probably adds more insights in the area then any format account would be. It seems Horwitz is able to get more out of your average interviewee for most seem to be sharing more then they normally would, even in countries in which Horwitz's home land and religion aren't on ... Read More
Rating:  - You'll embarrass yourself reading this.
This may be the best travelouge I've ever read. Horwitz has an uncanny ability with words, to paint the scene and make the reader feel like they are there with him. I felt myself transported back to the countries I have visited, and can affirm that they were accurately represented. Horwitz is complimentary to the myriad cultures of the Middle East while being honest about the difficulties of the countries. And his adventures would be completely inplausible, if they had been in a novel. The book ... Read More
Rating: - Read It And Find Out What The Arab Phrase "Cus ummak!" Means
In the able hands of Pulitzer prize winner Tony Horwitz, Baghdad Without A Map is the sort of book that never lets a reader get complacent. Mr. Horwitz' prose simultaneously fascinates and dazzles with its up-close descriptions of the array of delights and wonders ever-present in the Arab nations, and stuns with its frank revelations of such Third World horrors as a Sudanese leper colony, the Iranian front in the aftermath of a "successful" Iraqi offensive, and the brutality of tribal armies in Yemen. ... Read More
Rating: - Accent on the misadventures and the irony...
This book was written in 1991, just as Desert Storm was beginning; it gives only two chapters and an epilogue to Iraq itself. However, those chapters vividly remind us just how dreadful Iraq was under Saddam. And if you're thinking of going to Yemen, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Israel, Libya, Sudan, Lebanon, or Iran, this book will give you a taste of each country, with the accent on its irrational side, guaranteed to destroy your romantic notions. Con artists, urban decay, disintegrating vehicles, ... Read More
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