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Nabeel´s Song: A Family Story of Survival in Iraq
Jo Tatchell
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Description for Nabeel´s Song: A Family Story of Survival in Iraq
Paperback. A BOOKSELLER OF KABUL for Iraq - the epic story of one family's experience in Saddam's Iraq Num Pages: 384 pages, 8 B&W integrated photos. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 280.
NABEEL'S SONG is an epic true story of one family's experience of life before, during and after the regime of Saddam Hussein.
Nabeel Yasin had an ordinary childhood, in a middle-class neighbourhood in 1950s Baghdad. He showed an early gift for poetry and as a young man became famous for it. But by the end of the 1970s Saddam's rise to power was encroaching on his life, and that of his family. Nabeel's brothers were arrested and he himself was denounced as an enemy of the state and fled Iraq in 1980.
NABEEL'S SONG tells his story, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340897041
SKU
V9780340897041
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Ref
99-1
About Jo Tatchell
Jo Tatchell is a journalist who has spent many years in the Middle East and Arab countries. She writes on Middle Eastern culture for UK and US media including the Guardian and Prospect Magazine. Nabeel Yasin is famous in Iraq as a poet best known for his epic poem Brother Yasin. Since 1990 he has lived in the UK ... Read more
Reviews for Nabeel´s Song: A Family Story of Survival in Iraq
'Such an extraordinary story deserves an extraordinary writer and thankfully it has Jo Tatchell. She puts you perfectly in the place, and her pacey, page-turner narrative would shame most thriller writers. A staggering, unmissable achievement.'
John Harding, Daily Mail
A moving personal tale of family life and love torn apart by persecution and destruction under a crude regime. ... Read more
John Harding, Daily Mail
A moving personal tale of family life and love torn apart by persecution and destruction under a crude regime. ... Read more