People Like Us: Misrepresenting the Middle East

by Joris Luyendijk

Book Overview

A war correspondent's bestselling, "commanding . . . eye-opening account" of five years on the Middle East frontlines (Publishers Weekly, starred review).

In 1998, Joris Luyendijk was stationed just outside of Cairo. It wasn't for his journalism skills. It was because he was fluent in Arabic. What followed--from the Palestinian-Israeli conflict through the post 9/11 war in Iraq--would be literal trial-by-fire for the young untested...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1593762569
• ISBN13: 9781593762568
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Soft Skull
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.1"