letters home from my journey through the Middle East Orbach, Benjamin. creator text nyu New York American Management Association 2007 1st ed. monographic eng

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viii, 304 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. The 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. Benjamin Orbach. a-jo--- aw----- Orbach, Benjamin Travel Middle East Jordan Description and travel Middle East Description and travel DS153.2 .O73 2007 956.05/4092 B 9780814474273 0814474276 2007001140 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip078/2007001140.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip078/2007001140.html DLC 070110 20070828155327.0 14692827