The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday
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Since his boyhood in Qadhafi-s Libya, Neil MacFarquhar has developed a counterintuitive sense that the Middle East, despite all the bloodshed in its recent history, is a place of warmth, humanity, and generous eccentricity. In this book, he introduces a cross-section of unsung, dynamic men and women pioneering political and social change. There is the Kuwaiti sex therapist in a leather suit with matching red headscarf, and the Syrian engineer advocating a less political interpretation of the Koran. MacFarquhar interacts with Arabs and Iranians in their every day lives, removed from the violence we see constantly, yet wrestling with the region-s future. These are people who realize their region is out of step with the world and are determined to do something about it-on their own terms.
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The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday
A 'must' for any collection strong in contemporary Middle East events
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
"The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday: Unexpected Encounters in the Changing Middle East" provides a New York Times journalist's experiences in the changing region. Neil MacFarquhar worked in the region since the 1970s and is the perfect choice to document its transitions based on personal experience. His focus is on lesser-known men and women pioneering political and social change, making this a vivid survey and a 'must' for any collection strong in contemporary Middle East events.
The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday: Unexpected Encounters in the Changing Middle East
Elizabeth J. Davis
I picked up your book and laughed about the veggies
in clorox water, the stills....The last paragraph of chapter two says it
all. I guess most of us who grew up the way we did, live with that
undefinable feeling that nowhere is home - and everywhere is
home.
Both entertaining and educational!
D. Knight (Austin, TX)
The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah is a fantastic journey into the life of an American journalist in the Middle East. The author provides amusing anecdotes about his years in Arab countries ( from cooking one Thankgiving dinner in several ovens around town, to standing in the heat for hours waiting for Muammar Qadhafi). However, he still manages to educate his reader about the variety of Arabs he encountered. He isn't afraid to point out the problems with censorship, secret-police states, and ultra-religious Islamic governments. But, most promisingly, he found a considerable number of Middle-Easterners who really want change and modernization in their countries. The author manages to both entertain and educate his reader on topics which are in the forefront of the news each day. Definitely a great read!!
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