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Saving Iraq

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Author : Nemir Kirdar
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2009-07-23

Saving Iraq written by Nemir Kirdar and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-23 with Business & Economics categories.

Nemir Kirdar has lived Iraq's history. From the country of his youth - a stable and vibrant land of great promise, to the 1958 coup that plunged Iraq into a period of terror and destruction, foreign occupation, and the fall of Saddam Hussein, he's been uniquely placed to comment on events and propose solutions. Now Kirdar shares his vision for tomorrow's Iraq, providing a blueprint for political, economic and social renewal. Calling for Iraqis to rise up and unlock their nation's potential, Kirdar affirms that Iraq can again be unified. SAVING IRAQ is a personal account but also a book of global significance, offering steps towards resolution in a shattered country.

Baghdad Underground Railroad

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Author : Steve Miska
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-05-19

Baghdad Underground Railroad written by Steve Miska and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-19 with categories.

Saving Babylon

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Author : Paul Holton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005

Saving Babylon written by Paul Holton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Iraq War, 2003-2011 categories.

Saved By Her Enemy

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Author : Don Teague
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2010-03-02

Saved By Her Enemy written by Don Teague and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

For her entire life, Rafraf, a devout Muslim, had been told that Americans were the enemy. Her understanding of the world, of her place in it, and of the United States had been steeped in the culture of Iraq under the rule of Saddam Hussein. Yet, in the midst of insurgents attempting to kidnap and kill her, she found herself on the receiving end of lifesaving help from those she considered her enemies. Rafraf suddenly finds herself living with a Christian family in the Bible Belt of America. Nothing had prepared her for this new reality—the life of a college student in a vastly foreign culture, in a community as far from her expectations as she could have imagined, and in a family that opens their hearts to enfold her. Saved by Her Enemy is a riveting journey of two very different people from opposite sides of the world, of faith, of experience, and of expectations. The dramatic intersection of their lives and their journey together is an inspiration to those who have ever felt there was more to life than the world they knew. A young Iraqi woman, an American war correspondent, and a true tale of friendship, faith, and family against the backdrop of war and the collision of cultures This is a story of a very unlikely friendship—between American war correspondent Don Teague and Rafraf Barrak, an Iraqi college girl who won a job as a translator for NBC during the early months of violence in the wake of the American invasion of Iraq. While covering a story together, the two were nearly killed by a bomb, an experience that created a bond between them that led them down a path neither could have imagined. What follows is a story of transformation, as Rafraf—from a devout Muslim family—becomes the target of terrorist threats to kidnap and murder her. Don and his fellow correspondents mobilize to help save her life and suddenly Rafraf finds herself on the receiving end of an offer for safety and a new life in the United States. Dramatically transplanted from the streets of Iraq to the Bible Belt of middle America, Rafraf finds everything that she knew—or thought she knew—about herself, her values, her world, even faith and family, turned upside down. Meanwhile, Don; his wife, Kiki; and their children discover they’ve embarked on an adventure with Rafraf that reshapes their lives. This captivating story inspires us all to join Don and Rafraf in discovering that there is far more to life than the world we know.

Saving The Baghdad Zoo

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Author : Kelly Milner Halls
language : en
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Release Date : 2010-02-09

Saving The Baghdad Zoo written by Kelly Milner Halls and has been published by Greenwillow Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-02-09 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.

The baghdad zoo was once home to more than six hundred magnificent animals. But after the war in Iraq began in 2003, the city faced widespread destruction. When U. S. Army Captain William Sumner was asked to check out the state of the zoo, he found that it, too, was devastated. Hundreds of animals were missing, and the few remaining were in desperate need of care. And so Captain Sumner accepted a new mission. Together with an international team of zoologists, veterinarians, conservationists, and dedicated animal lovers, Captain Sumner worked tirelessly to save the neglected—but tenacious—animals of Baghdad. Saving the Baghdad Zoo tells the poignant stories of these remarkable animals. Meet the abandoned lions who roamed an empty palace with no food or drink; the camel, Lumpy, who survived transport through sniper fire; the tigers, Riley and Hope, who traveled 7,000 miles from home; and many more. The Baghdad Zoo, open once again to the people of Iraq, has become an oasis of hope and safety in a city where both are precious gifts.

To Be A Friend Is Fatal

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Author : Kirk W. Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2014-10-07

To Be A Friend Is Fatal written by Kirk W. Johnson and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-07 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

The “searing” (The New Yorker), “must read” (The Philadelphia Inquirer) memoir of “one of the few genuine heroes of America’s war in Iraq” (Dexter Filkins). In January 2005 Kirk Johnson, then twenty-four, arrived in Baghdad as USAID’s (US Agency for International Development) only Arabic-speaking American employee. Despite his opposition to the war, Johnson felt called to civic duty and wanted to help rebuild Iraq. Working as the USAID’s first reconstruction coordinator in Fallujah, he traversed the city’s IED-strewn streets, working alongside idealistic Iraqi translators—young men and women sick of Saddam, filled with Hollywood slang, and enchanted by the idea of a peaceful, democratic Iraq. It was not to be. As sectarian violence escalated, Iraqis employed by the US coalition found themselves subject to a campaign of kidnapping, torture, and assassination. On his first brief vacation, Johnson, swept into what doctors later described as a “fugue state,” crawled onto the ledge outside his hotel window and plunged off. He would spend the next year in an abyss of depression, surgery, and PTSD—crushed by having failed in Iraq. One day, Johnson received an email from an Iraqi friend, Yaghdan: People are trying to kill me and I need your help. That email launched Johnson’s now seven-year mission to get help from the US government for Yaghdan and thousands of abandoned Iraqis like him. To Be a Friend Is Fatal is Kirk W. Johnson’s “truly incredible” (Ira Glass) portrait of the human rubble of war and his efforts to redeem a shameful chapter of American history. “It is difficult to imagine a book more urgent than this” (The Boston Globe).

Alia S Mission

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Author : Mark Alan Stamaty
language : en
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Release Date : 2012-11-28

Alia S Mission written by Mark Alan Stamaty and has been published by Knopf Books for Young Readers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-28 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.

The inspiring story of an Iraqi librarian's courageous fight to save books from the Basra Central Library before it was destroyed in the war. It is 2003 and Alia Muhammad Baker, the chief librarian of the Central Library in Basra, Iraq, has grown worried given the increased likelihood of war in her country. Determined to preserve the irreplacable records of the culture and history of the land on which she lives from the destruction of the war, Alia undertakes a courageous and extremely dangerous task of spiriting away 30,000 books from the library to a safe place. Told in dramatic graphic-novel panels by acclaimed cartoonist Mark Alan Stamaty, Alia's Mission celebrates the importance of books and the freedom to read, while examining the impact of war on a country and its people.

Alia S Mission

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Author : Mark Alan Stamaty
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2010-02-09

Alia S Mission written by Mark Alan Stamaty and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-02-09 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.

Alia Muhammad Baker

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Author : Lindsay Bacher
language : en
Publisher: Momentum
Release Date : 2016

Alia Muhammad Baker written by Lindsay Bacher and has been published by Momentum this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Biography categories.

Through narrative nonfiction text, readers learn the amazing story of Alia Muhammad Baker, a librarian who preserved Iraq's history by saving thousands of books from being destroyed during the Iraq War. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, fact-filled captions, callouts, and sidebars, a glossary, sources for further research, a listing of source notes, and an introduction to the author.

Alia S Mission

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Author : Mark Alan Stamaty
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004

Alia S Mission written by Mark Alan Stamaty and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Iraq War, 2003-2011 categories.

Presents the story of Alia, a librarian who lives and works in Basra, and her desperate attempt to save the books in the Basra Central Library at the start of the Iraqi War in 2003.

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