01875cam a22002654a 45000010009000000050017000090080041000260100017000670200018000840200015001020400018001170430021001350500023001560820023001791000022002022450097002242500012003212600056003333000041003895050977004306000043014076510036014506510041014868560082015271469282720070828155327.0070110s2007    nyuab         000 0 eng    a  2007001140  a9780814474273  a0814474276  aDLCcDLCdDLC  aa-jo---aaw-----00aDS153.2b.O73 200700a956.05/4092aB2221 aOrbach, Benjamin.10aLive from Jordan :bletters home from my journey through the Middle East /cBenjamin Orbach.  a1st ed.  aNew York :bAmerican Management Association,c2007.  aviii, 304 p. :bill., maps ;c24 cm.0 aThe Arab street. Map of Jordan -- Head first : lost in Amman -- Palestine, Palestine, Palestine -- Three-minute showers and the Heinz ketchup eaters -- Life in the seven-layer dip -- From American superstar to baby killer. Map of Syria -- Istanbul to Antakya : from Europe's back porch to Syria's doorstep -- Adventures with St. Simon, Jackie Chan, and the ghost of T.E. Lawrence -- Syria's walls : public space and private worlds -- Living the life. "Fast times" at Jordan University and Friday lunch with Abu Alaa -- Anti-Americanism : America haters and the assassination of Laurence Foley -- Fasting without feasting -- Anti-Americanism : American policy critics and a night at the club -- A woman's world -- Crossing Palestine -- Pickaxes and squeegees -- The beating heart of the Arab east. Map of Egypt -- The mother of the world -- Amid the ambers of the Arab street -- Salah al Fuli and the fall of Baghdad -- Beauty and the beasts -- Amman dreaming -- The oasis.10aOrbach, BenjaminxTravelzMiddle East. 0aJordanxDescription and travel. 0aMiddle EastxDescription and travel.413Table of contents onlyuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip078/2007001140.html