The woman who fell from the sky an American woman's adventures in the oldest city on earth
Traces the author's year spent in Yemen's capital city, Sana'a, where she worked as the editor of the "Yemen Observer," documenting her efforts to teach balanced journalism to her staff, and her appreciation for the strength of Arab women in a completely male-dominated society.
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New York :
Broadway Paperbacks,
2011, ©2010.
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| 505 | 0 | |a Fantasia in gingerbread -- Reading, writing and robbery -- An invitation -- Things to chew on -- You'll die over there! -- When, exactly, is Insha'Allah? -- My Yemeni shadow -- Kidnapings. stampedes, and suicide bombings -- Homemaking in the holy month -- The trials of Mohammed Al-Asaadi -- Tug of war -- Pillars of rayon -- Tropical depression -- The artificial man -- The power of peanut butter cups -- A world beyond work -- Dragging designers from the qat shed and other drug problems -- Bright days before the deluge -- The deluge -- Bombs, breakups, and Bastille Day -- Pomegranate season -- She's leaving home -- Reasons to return -- Epilogue -- Afterword. | |
| 520 | |a Traces the author's year spent in Yemen's capital city, Sana'a, where she worked as the editor of the "Yemen Observer," documenting her efforts to teach balanced journalism to her staff, and her appreciation for the strength of Arab women in a completely male-dominated society. | ||
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