People Like Us: Misrepresenting the Middle East Luyendijk JorisPaperback
People Like Us: Misrepresenting the Middle East Luyendijk JorisPaperback A war correspondent's bestselling, "commanding . . . It wasn't for his journalism skills. eye-opening account" of five years…
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People Like Us: Misrepresenting the Middle East Luyendijk JorisPaperback
A war correspondent's bestselling, "commanding . . . It wasn't for his journalism skills. eye-opening account" of five years on the Middle East frontlines (Publishers Weekly, starred review).In 1998, Joris Luyendijk was stationed just outside of Cairo.
What followed--from the Palestinian-Israeli conflict through the post 9/11 war in Iraq--would be literal trial-by-fire for the young untested reporter. It was because he was fluent in Arabic. What he had going for him was his ability to communicate.Determined to cover the conflicts from the inside, Luyendijk spoke with stone throwers and staunch terrorists, taxi drivers, civil servants and professors, victims and aggressors, and all of their families.
He chronicled first-hand experiences of dictatorship, occupation, fear, resilience, jubilation, and community. But the more Luyendijk witnessed, the less he