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The Devil You Don't Know

Going Back to Iraq

Zuhair Al-Jezairy author John West translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Saqi Books

Published:24th Mar '09

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In 1979, journalist Zuhair al-Jezairy fled Iraq and certain death after openly criticising Saddam's regime. Twenty-five years later he is back, and cautiously celebrating the toppling of the hated Ba'ath Party. As editor of a newspaper, he breaks the Oil for Food scandal, disclosing the names of Arab and Westerners who were involved. He then sets up a television company and travels all over Iraq, documenting the country's descent into sectarianism and hopeless violence, soon becoming a target himself. Al-Jezairy's first-hand accounts of the looting of Baghdad, the destruction of government buildings, and indiscriminate bombings are a searing, personal and unique account of Iraq after Saddam Hussein.

ISBN: 9780863566493

Dimensions: 216mm x 135mm x 20mm

Weight: 300g

256 pages