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Floresj
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I love foreign journalists‘ memoirs and this one is fantastic. Readable, vulnerable, intense and informative, Ferguson showcases her life‘s work in Yemen, Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq- the beauty, the people and the tragedy. She has more courage than I could muster, and it makes me be reminded of how much to appreciate those who tell the stories of civilians in war.

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Megabooks
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In this interesting memoir, Ferguson shares stories from her time as a war reporter in the Middle East and Afghanistan. She shares the difficulties of breaking in as a freelance reporter in Yemen and her award winning coverage of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan for PBS. Her unstable home life and childhood during the Troubles in Northern Ireland gave her the fortitude to risk it all grabbing for each rung of her career. Great reflections!

Cinfhen Excellent review 🫶🏼 8mo
Megabooks @Cinfhen thanks dear friend! 🥰😘 8mo
BarbaraBB Interesting!! 8mo
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Chelsea.Poole Ohh thanks for the tag! I haven‘t heard of this one. Stacking 😊 8mo
Megabooks @Cinfhen this may be another one to consider in addition to the ones I mentioned in my email. 💜 7mo
Megabooks @Cinfhen two more to think about nonfiction wise are 7mo
Cinfhen Thanks SO MUCH!!! You‘re still my go to!!! 7mo
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Dilara
The Hostage | Zayd Mu??? Damm?j
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Another 20th-century classic that's not well known in the West: The hostage by Yemeni author Zayd Muti'Dammaj. It's about a boy kept as a hostage and servant by a family loyal to Yemen's ruler to ensure that the boy's family does not rise up against them. I was grateful for the introduction explaining the political symbolism of the plot and characters. Without it, it would have been a creepy love story between a teenage boy and an older woman.

Dilara Photo of Al-Qahira Castle in Taiz, the town in #Yemen where the author was schooled from Wikipedia (edited) 10mo
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TheEllieMo
Black Mamba Boy: A Novel | Nadifa Mohamed
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I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new. Don‘t judge me - I have a lot of books. Join in if you want!

#ABookADay2023

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Hooked_on_books
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Kevin Rushby traveled through #Ethiopia and Yemen on a drug tour to sample khat everywhere he went. Some of his stories are great (including some memorable events in Djibouti), but his glorification of drugs and blindness to his own addiction are deplorable.

#ReadingAfrica2022

Librarybelle Great review! I think it would be deplorable too to read someone‘s glorification of taking drugs…doesn‘t quite seem right to me. 1y
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Andrew65
Black Mamba Boy: A Novel | Nadifa Mohamed
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Day 8 #AdventRecommends April Book 2

Another book that was so unexpected and which I grew to love. Third choice out of 8 so far that came because of #ReadingAfrica2022 @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

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Smrloomis I still haven‘t read this but I liked the other one I read by her - Orchard of Lost Souls 1y
Andrew65 @Smrloomis Yes I read that later in the year and that was excellent as well. Definitely recommend this book. 1y
Librarybelle 😁 1y
Smrloomis @Andrew65 I also want to get to Fortune Men but of course there are so many good books out there. 1y
Andrew65 @Smrloomis Yes too many books, too little time. 1y
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Lcsmcat
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I enjoyed this light read. I recommend it to anglers and those interested in politics.

DisneyFan I read this years ago and remember that it was charming. 1y
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rwmg
The Angel of History | Rabih Alameddine
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Bailedbailed

A gay Yemeni living in San Francisco in the 1990s checks himself into a psychiatric clinic having lost too many friends and his lover to AIDS. In the meantime Satan is interviewing Death and the saints known as the Fourteen Holy Helpers about him.

I wanted to like this book and kept thinking it was on the verge of becoming something really good but a third of the way through I have to admit it's just not happening for me. DNF.