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A Stranger in Your Own City

Travels in the Middle East’s Long War

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A Stranger in Your Own City

By: Ghaith Abdul-Ahad
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This is not a book about Iraq's history, nor an inventory of the many Middle Eastern wars that have spun out over the past twenty years, though both wars and history are part of its narrative, from the American invasion to the Arab Spring, ISIS and beyond. This is the story of a people who once lived under the rule of a megalomaniac leader who shaped the state in his own image. Then one day, after yet another war, a foreign army invaded, toppled the leader, destroyed the state, and proceeded to invent a new country. This is the story of a people who watched with horror as their world fragmented into a hundred different cities, as walls rose between them and bodies piled in the streets. It offers a remarkable de-centring of the West in the history and contemporary situation of the region - the motivation, needs and ideologies of Western powers are all dealt with sparingly, dismissively, even. What comes to the fore is the effect on the ground: the human cost, the shifting allegiances, and the generational change. The result is a rare work of great beauty and tragedy, whose power and relevance lies in the return of twenty years of war to those whose land it really is.

©2023 Ghaith Abdul-Ahad (P)2023 Penguin Audio Journalists, Editors & Publishers Military Words, Language & Grammar Writing & Publishing War
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A stunning account of the Iraq war

this book is beautifully written and very easy to listen to, detailing the experience of living in Iraq from pre war to the current day, with numerous accounts of the experiences of other on the way. quite different to any other account I've heard of.

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