Live from Jordan : letters home from my journey through the Middle East /
On the eve of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Pittsburgh native and graduate student Ben Orbach traveled to the Middle East to experience the region first-hand. Despite having a degree in Middle Eastern studies, he was completely unprepared for what he discovered. Beyond the anti-American sentiment he ex...
| Основен автор: | Orbach, Benjamin. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New York :
American Management Association,
℗♭2007.
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| Издание: | 1st ed. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=191884 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Live from Jordan. |
| Резюме: |
On the eve of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Pittsburgh native and graduate student Ben Orbach traveled to the Middle East to experience the region first-hand. Despite having a degree in Middle Eastern studies, he was completely unprepared for what he discovered. Beyond the anti-American sentiment he expected, he found a complex, curious people whose lives were made even more difficult by an overwhelming feeling of powerlessness. Live from Jordan is the story, told via his letters home, of Orbach's one year trip through Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Palestine, and Turkey. As he begins his unforgettable jo. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (viii, 304 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| ISBN: |
9780814400791 0814400795 |