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Night Draws Near

Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War

Night Draws Near( )
Author: Shadid, Anthony
ISBN:978-0-7333-1619-7
Publication Date:Feb 2006
Publisher:ABC Books
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $35.00
Book Description:

A reporter for the Washington Post, Anthony Shadid was sent to Iraq in March 2003, weeks before the US troops invaded. Fluent in Arabic and determined to capture the invasion's impact on Iraqis' everyday lives, he disappeared into the country's dangerous and divided worlds. Night Draws Near is the result of his experiences. Shadid tells his story through the lives of a number of Iraqis, including Karima, a mother, Ghani, a sculptor, and Wamidh, a professor. Skilfully weaving together a...
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Book Details
Pages:384
Detailed Subjects: Social Science / General
History / Military / General
History / Middle East / General
History / Wars & Conflicts / Iraq War (2003-2011)
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):15.5 x 23.3 x 2.3 cm
Book Weight:0.64 Kilograms
Author Biography
Shadid, Anthony (Author)
Anthony Shadid was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on September 26, 1968. He received a bachelor's degree in political science and journalism from the University of Wisconsin in 1990. He worked at several newspapers during his lifetime including The Associated Press, The Globe, The Washington Post, and The New York Times. In 2010, he and three other New York Times journalists were kidnapped in Libya by Colonel Muammar el-Qaddafi's forces. They were held for six days and beaten before being released. He won Pulitzer Prizes in 2004 and 2010 for work he did while at The Washington Post. The New York Times nominated him, along with a team of his colleagues, for the 2012 Pulitzer in international reporting.

He also was the author of Legacy of the Prophet: Despots, Democrats and the New Politics of Islam; Night Draws Near: Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War; and House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East. He died from an asthma attack on February 16, 2012 at the age of 43.

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