HOWLING IN MESOPOTAMIA: An Iraqi-American Memoir - Hardcover

HAMOUDI F.A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0825305489 ISBN 13: 9780825305481

Publisher: BEAUFORT BOOKS, 2008

Synopsis

ON JULY 14, 2003, I left Kuwait on a C-130 transport plane bound for Baghdad, the city of my ancestors and a place I had not been for thirteen years. Two nations could legitimately claim me as their native son. The first was the United States, where I was born and raised. The second was Iraq.So begins this groundbreaking memoir of hope and hardship. Hamoudi spent two years living in Iraq outside the relative safety of the Green Zone working to help rebuild a country he loves.The intimate stories he shares-from the momentous day Saddam Hussein's sons were killed, to the tragic killing of hundreds of civilians on one of Shi'a Islam's most holy days, and even the joyous occasion of Hamoudi's own wedding- invite the reader to experience a new side of the country that has featured so prominently in our nightly news. Hamoudi draws on his unique perspective as the American-born son of two Iraqis to bring new insight to the question: What went wrong in Iraq?

About this title

Synopsis:

Born in the US to Iraqi parents, Haider Ala Hamoudi brings an insider's perspective to America's war in Iraq. During the war, he lived in Baghdad with relatives who were intimately involved in the unfolding political process, including his uncle, Hummam Hamoudi, who became chair of the Iraqi Constitutional Committee, and his cousin, Ahmed Chalabi, one of the most prominent Iraqi exiles to return after the fall of the previous regime. Hamoudi saw firsthand the frustrations and fears that plagued Iraqi civilians. At the same time, as an American in Iraq on a US AID-funded contract, he worked closely with American administrators regularly, and saw the situation from their point of view as well. This book offers a critical look at what went wrong in Iraq from a person who was there.

About the Author:

Haider Ala Hamoudi grew up speaking fluent Arabic, attending classes in Islam, and visiting Baghdad every year. He has written for the Asia Times, the New York Law Journal, and other publications. He currently lives in Manhattan with his wife and teaches at Columbia University Law School.

About this edition

• Publisher: BEAUFORT BOOKS
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0825305489
• ISBN 13: 9780825305481
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1