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A stranger in your own city travels in the Middle East's long war

"An award-winning journalist's powerful portrait of his native Baghdad, the people of Iraq, and twenty years of war"--

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Main Author:	Abdul-Ahad, Ghaith (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.
Edition:	First American edition.
Subjects:	Abdul-Ahad, Ghaith. Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Personal narratives, Iraqi. Baghdad (Iraq) > Description and travel. Baghdad (Iraq) > History. Iraq > Description and travel. Personal narratives.
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Summary:	"An award-winning journalist's powerful portrait of his native Baghdad, the people of Iraq, and twenty years of war"--
Physical Description:	416 p.
ISBN:	9780593536889 0593536886
Author Notes:	GHAITH ABDUL-AHAD is an Iraqi journalist. Born in Baghdad in 1975, he trained as an architect before he was conscripted into Saddam Hussein's army, which he deserted. Soon after U.S.-led coalition forces took control of Baghdad in April 2003, he began writing for The Guardian. He has won numerous awards, including the British Press Awards' Foreign Reporter of the Year and two News and Documentary Emmy Awards. He currently lives in Istanbul.