High Tea in Mosul: The True Story of Two Englishwomen in War-torn Iraq - Couverture souple

O'Donnell, Lynne

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1905736320 ISBN 13 : 9781905736324

Editeur : Cyan Books, 2008

Synopsis

In April 2003, as war in Iraq was reaching its climax, Lynne O'Donnell was among the first Western journalists into the northern city of Mosul. At the city's hospital, the senior heart surgeon introduced her to his wife Pauline Basheer, a middle-aged mother-of-two from Lancashire who has lived in Iraq for almost 30 years. Whilst having tea, they were joined by Pauline s friend, another Englishwoman who arrived in Iraq in the mid-70s, crossing the border from Turkey with her husband, Zahir, whom she met as a student at Newcastle University. This book tells the extraordinary and emotional story of two Englishwomen, who married Iraqi men they met in Britain and accompanied home to Mosul. There, they assimilated, learned Arabic, raised families and lived within traditional Iraqi family structures. But they also endured the rigours of Saddam s regime: food rationing, thought police, anti-Western discrimination, and almost constant war. As well as revealing life in Iraq as never before, their stories tell an extraordinary personal journey.

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À propos de l?auteur

Lynne O'Donnell has been a journalist for 25 years, writing for newspapers, magazines and newswires, and reporting for radio stations all over the world. She lives in Hong Kong.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cyan Books
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1905736320
• ISBN 13: 9781905736324
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible