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A Tourist in the Arab Spring (Bradt Travel Guides (Travel Literature))
Tom Chesshyre
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Paperback. Tourist in the Arab Spring - Travel literature and holiday reads by Tom Chesshyre describes a lay tourist's experiences in post-revolution countries and sites. Featuring humourous and often harrowing stories, this narrative explores old and new tourist sites Egypt, Libya and Tunisia, the struggles of ordinary people trying to survive this new era. Series: Bradt Travel Guides (Travel Literature). Num Pages: 256 pages, 8pp colour, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1HBL; 1HBT; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 134 x 18. Weight in Grams: 314. Series: Bradt Travel Guides (Travel Literature). 256 pages, 8pp colour, 1 map. In the aftermath of the Arab Spring, war reporters rushed to publish accounts of the uprising. The author took a different approach - he jumped on a plane and became the first to return to the region as a tourist. In this book, he presents a street-level tale of a lay traveller's journey through lands fresh from revolution. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1HBL; 1HBT; WTL. Dimension: 200 x 134 x 18. Weight: 292.
In the aftermath of the Arab Spring, war reporters rushed to publish accounts of the uprising. Tom Chesshyre took a different approach - he jumped on a plane and became the first to return to the region as a tourist. The result is the fascinating, street-level tale of a lay traveller's journey through lands fresh from revolution. Chesshyre heads for tourist sites that few have seen in recent years, as well as new 'attractions' like Gaddafi's bombed-out bunker in Tripoli. In a book both touching and humorous, he also describes being abducted in Libya, listening to the sound of Kalashnikovs ... Read more
In the aftermath of the Arab Spring, war reporters rushed to publish accounts of the uprising. Tom Chesshyre took a different approach - he jumped on a plane and became the first to return to the region as a tourist. The result is the fascinating, street-level tale of a lay traveller's journey through lands fresh from revolution. Chesshyre heads for tourist sites that few have seen in recent years, as well as new 'attractions' like Gaddafi's bombed-out bunker in Tripoli. In a book both touching and humorous, he also describes being abducted in Libya, listening to the sound of Kalashnikovs ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bradt Travel Guides
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
Bradt Travel Guides (Travel Literature)
Condition
New
Weight
314g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781841624754
SKU
V9781841624754
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Tom Chesshyre
Tom Chesshyre was born in London in 1971. He has a degree in politics from Bristol University, where he was news editor of the university paper, Epigram. He completed a newspaper journalism diploma at City University, after which he had short stints at the Cambridge Evening News, Sporting Life and Sky Sports. He freelanced for The Daily Telegraph and The ... Read more
Reviews for A Tourist in the Arab Spring (Bradt Travel Guides (Travel Literature))
'Account of a trip through freshly revolutionised parts of Egypt, Libya and Tunisia paints the region as one of the most fascinating on Earth.' Time Out 'A fascinating, often humurous, insight into a world in the midst of revolution.' Food & Travel 'With no brief other than curiosity, and equipped with nothing more than courage and compassion, he ... Read more