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• catalog abstract "With razor-sharp wit and insight, intrepid journalist Tony Horwitz gets beyond solemn newspaper headlines and romantic myths of Arabia to offer startling close-ups of a volatile region few Westerners understand. His quest for hot stories takes him from the tribal wilds of Yemen to the shell-pocked shores of Lebanon; from the malarial sands of the Sudan to the eerie souks of Saddam Hussein's Iraq, a land so secretive that even street maps and weather reports are banned. At an oasis in the Empty Quarter, a veiled woman offers tea and a mysterious declaration of love. In Cairo, "politeness police" patrol seedy nightclubs to ensure that belly dancers don't show any belly. And at the Ayatollah's funeral in Tehran a mourner chants, "Death to America," then confesses to the author his secret dream -- to visit Disneyland. Careening through thirteen Muslim countries and Israel, Horwitz travels light, packing a keen eye, a wicked sense of humor, and chutzpah in almost suicidal measure. This wild and comic tale of Middle East misadventure reveals a fascinating world in which the ancient and the modern collide. -- Back cover.".
• catalog contributor b3616803.
• catalog coverage "Arab countries Description and travel.".
• catalog coverage "Arab countries Personal narratives.".
• catalog coverage "Middle East Description and travel.".
• catalog coverage "Middle East Personal narratives.".
• catalog created "1992.".
• catalog date "1992".
• catalog date "1992.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
• catalog description "Prologue : love at first sight -- We must go to the East -- Yemen : confessions of a Qat-eater -- Yemen : for you I make a special deal -- Persian Gulf : the strait of Hoummos -- Cairo days : Ozymandias slept here -- Cairo nights : dancing sheik to sheik -- Baghdad : in the land without weather -- The Iraq-Iran front : bodies -- The Jordan River : I came for the waters -- Libya : the Colonel's big con -- Khartoum : this is the way the world ends -- Southern Sudan : six Dinka deep -- Arabian flights : sky-high over Islam -- To Beirut : Jusquau Boutiste -- Tehran : the Imam is in the people's hands -- Tehran : searching for the twelfth Imam -- Exodus from Egypt : metal fatique -- Epilogue : no one makes love to Iraq.".
• catalog description "With razor-sharp wit and insight, intrepid journalist Tony Horwitz gets beyond solemn newspaper headlines and romantic myths of Arabia to offer startling close-ups of a volatile region few Westerners understand. His quest for hot stories takes him from the tribal wilds of Yemen to the shell-pocked shores of Lebanon; from the malarial sands of the Sudan to the eerie souks of Saddam Hussein's Iraq, a land so secretive that even street maps and weather reports are banned. At an oasis in the Empty Quarter, a veiled woman offers tea and a mysterious declaration of love. In Cairo, "politeness police" patrol seedy nightclubs to ensure that belly dancers don't show any belly. And at the Ayatollah's funeral in Tehran a mourner chants, "Death to America," then confesses to the author his secret dream -- to visit Disneyland. Careening through thirteen Muslim countries and Israel, Horwitz travels light, packing a keen eye, a wicked sense of humor, and chutzpah in almost suicidal measure. This wild and comic tale of Middle East misadventure reveals a fascinating world in which the ancient and the modern collide. -- Back cover.".
• catalog extent "285 p. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "Baghdad without a map, and other misadventures in Arabia.".
• catalog identifier "0452267455".
• catalog isFormatOf "Baghdad without a map, and other misadventures in Arabia.".
• catalog issued "1992".
• catalog issued "1992.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Plume,".
• catalog relation "Baghdad without a map, and other misadventures in Arabia.".
• catalog spatial "Arab countries Description and travel.".
• catalog spatial "Arab countries Personal narratives.".
• catalog spatial "Middle East Description and travel.".
• catalog spatial "Middle East Personal narratives.".
• catalog subject "915.604/53 20".
• catalog subject "DS49.7 .H67 1992".
• catalog subject "Horwitz, Tony, 1958- Journeys Middle East.".
• catalog subject "Horwitz, Tony, 1958- Travel Middle East.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Prologue : love at first sight -- We must go to the East -- Yemen : confessions of a Qat-eater -- Yemen : for you I make a special deal -- Persian Gulf : the strait of Hoummos -- Cairo days : Ozymandias slept here -- Cairo nights : dancing sheik to sheik -- Baghdad : in the land without weather -- The Iraq-Iran front : bodies -- The Jordan River : I came for the waters -- Libya : the Colonel's big con -- Khartoum : this is the way the world ends -- Southern Sudan : six Dinka deep -- Arabian flights : sky-high over Islam -- To Beirut : Jusquau Boutiste -- Tehran : the Imam is in the people's hands -- Tehran : searching for the twelfth Imam -- Exodus from Egypt : metal fatique -- Epilogue : no one makes love to Iraq.".
• catalog title "Baghdad without a map, and other misadventures in Arabia / Tony Horwitz ; with a new epilogue by the author.".
• catalog type "Personal narratives. fast".
• catalog type "text".