The Devil You Don't Know: Going Back to Iraq - Couverture souple

Al-Jezairy, Zuhair

 
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Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l?auteur

Zuhair al-Jezairy is actively engaged in the reconstruction of his country. He now runs the independent news agency, Voice of Iraq.

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