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A Country of Words: A Palestinian Journey from the Refugee Camp to the Front Page
Abdel-Bari Atwan
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Description for A Country of Words: A Palestinian Journey from the Refugee Camp to the Front Page
Hardcover. An autobiography of newspaper editor Abdel Bari Atwan who recounts his many extraordinary encounters, including tea with Margaret Thatcher, his weekend with Osama bin Laden, intimate meetings with Yasser Arafat, and the row between Colonel Gaddafi and the Shah of Iran that earned him his first journalistic break. Num Pages: 285 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 644.
In this riveting and revealing autobiography, newspaper editor Abdel Bari Atwan recounts with humour and honesty his many extraordinary encounters, including tea with Margaret Thatcher, his weekend with Osama bin Laden, intimate meetings with Yasser Arafat, and the row between Colonel Gaddafi and the Shah of Iran that earned him his first journalistic break.
In this riveting and revealing autobiography, newspaper editor Abdel Bari Atwan recounts with humour and honesty his many extraordinary encounters, including tea with Margaret Thatcher, his weekend with Osama bin Laden, intimate meetings with Yasser Arafat, and the row between Colonel Gaddafi and the Shah of Iran that earned him his first journalistic break.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Saqi Books
Number of pages
285
Condition
New
Number of Pages
285
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780863566219
SKU
V9780863566219
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Ref
99-1
About Abdel-Bari Atwan
Abdel Bari Atwan was Editor-in-Chief at the London-based newspaper, Al Quds al-Arabi, which he edited for the twenty years. Atwan interviewed Osama bin Laden in the late 1990s and has cultivated uniquely well-placed sources from within the various branches of al-Qa'ida over the last fifteen years. His other works include The Secret History of al-Qa'ida and After Bin Laden: Al-Qa'ida ... Read more
Reviews for A Country of Words: A Palestinian Journey from the Refugee Camp to the Front Page
'A penetrating insight into the world as seen from the point of view of someone born and bred a Palestinian refugee in a Gaza camp ... Atwan's authentic voice and sharp, descriptive writing brings alive a lifetime spent deep in the travails of the Middle Eastern tragedy.' Polly Toynbee 'Atwan's enthralling memoir charts his meteoric rise from shoeless urchin in ... Read more