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'Western women are treated as a third sex in Yemen. This explains why my male staff often treat me with deference. To them, I am not a woman: I am a giraffe. Something alien and unclassifiable. But were a Yemeni woman to take over the paper, the same men would quit in protest ...' At a time of escalating tensions between the Middle East and the West, it's difficult to imagine a thirty-something single woman from Manhattan running The Yemen Observer in Sana'a, one of the oldest and most conservative cities in the world. But Jennifer Steil is no ordinary woman. When she is offered a job training young journalists in Yemen, she seizes the opportunity for a new adventure, despite the fact that she doesn't speak Arabic, loathes hot weather and has never taught a class in her life. In turn, her students think nothing of plagiarising articles from the Internet and can't distinguish opinion from news, but they are desperate for training and eager to learn. Never before in her career had she felt so useful. It was not until she took over as editor-in-chief for a year that the real challenges of living in a conservative Muslim country as a Westerner and a woman hit home. But along the way she makes friends for life with people whose culture could not be more different to her own and learns far more than she could ever teach. And proves that you often find love in the most unexpected places ...'That rare animal: a memoir which reads like a novel. From the exquisite detail to the passionate, poignant, and often hilarious story of one powerful woman immersed in centuries of patriarchal tradition ...Hugely entertaining.' Jennifer Jordan, author of SAVAGE SUMMIT
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- PublisherHarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 0732288207
- ISBN 13 9780732288204
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages336
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Book Description Trade Paperback. 1st Edition (Australia). Very Good condition. 321 pages. The author spent a year in one of the world's oldest cities, Sana'a, running The Yemen Observer. She recounts the challenges of living in a conservative Muslim country as a Westerner and a woman. Seller Inventory # 323085
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Book Description Paperback. 610. At a time of escalating tensions between the Middle East and the West, it's difficult to imagine a thirty-something single woman from Manhattan running The Yemen Observer in Sana'a, one of the oldest and most conservative cities in the world. But Jennifer Steil is no ordinary woman. When she is offered a job training young journalists in Yemen, she seizes the opportunity for a new adventure, despite the fact that she doesn't speak Arabic, loathes hot weather and has never taught a class in her life. In turn, her students think nothing of plagiarising articles from the Internet and can't distinguish opinion from news, but they are desperate for training and eager to learn. Never before in her career had she felt so useful. It was not until she took over as editor-in-chief for a year that the real challenges of living in a conservative Muslim country as a Westerner and a woman hit home. But along the way she makes friends for life with people whose culture could not be more different to her own and learns far more than she could ever teach. And proves that you often find love in the most unexpected places. Good condition. Light tanning. Seller Inventory # 24028766
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