{"product_id":"the-devil-you-dont-know-zuhair-al-jezairy-9780863566493","title":"The Devil You Don't Know: Going Back to Iraq","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"What really comes through and is startlingly refreshing are al-Jezairy's encounters with ordinary Iraqis . . . during the American occupation. Through them come all the extraordinary Iraqi stories that have been so hard for Westerners to capture all these years.\" Rageh Omaar\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1979, journalist Zuhair al-Jezairy fled Iraq and certain death after openly criticizing Saddam Hussein's regime. Twenty-five years later he is back and cautiously celebrating the toppling of the hated Ba'ath Party.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs editor of a newspaper, he breaks the Oil for Food scandal, disclosing the names of Arabs and Westerners who were involved, and is subsequently forced to resign. He then sets up a television company and travels all over Iraq, documenting the country's descent into sectarianism and hopeless violence, soon becoming a target himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAl-Jezairy's firsthand accounts of the looting of Baghdad, the destruction of government buildings, and indiscriminate bombings present a searing, personal, and unique view of Iraq after Saddam Hussein.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eZuhair al-Jezairy\u003c\/b\u003e lives in Iraq, where he manages the country's first independent news agency, Voice of Iraq. He has published nine books, including two novels, in Arabic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn West\u003c\/b\u003e is a journalist and a graduate in classics from Balliol College, Oxford. He has covered three wars in the Middle East as a correspondent for Reuters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Zuhair Al-Jezairy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0863566499\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780863566493\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Saqi Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/19\/2010","brand":"Zuhair Al-Jezairy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072850653439,"sku":"9780863566493","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_acc8be08-39bb-4ece-869f-fec092e6c9d7.jpg?v=1685444302","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-devil-you-dont-know-zuhair-al-jezairy-9780863566493","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}