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OverviewIn Hello Everybody! a bestseller in his native Holland, Joris Luyendijk tells the story of his five yearsas a reporter in the Middle East. Young and inexperienced but fluent in Arabic, he speaks to stone throwers and soldiers, taxi drivers and professors, victims and aggressors chronicling first-hand experiences of dictatorship, occupation and war. But the more he witnesses, the less he understands and he becomes increasingly aware of the yawning gap between what he sees on the ground and what is later reported in the media. As a correspondent he is privy to the multitude of narratives with conflicting implications, yet again and again the media favours those stories that will confirm and reinforce the oversimplified beliefs of the West.Hello Everybody! Is a story of disillusionment and enlightenment, by turns hilarious and despairing, but most importantly it is a powerful wake up call to the way the media gives us a filtered and manipulated version of reality in the Middle East. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Joris LuyendijkPublisher: Profile Books Ltd Imprint: Profile Books Ltd Edition: Main Dimensions: Width: 13.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 19.60cm Weight: 0.213kg ISBN: 9781846683848ISBN 10: 184668384 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 27 May 2010 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsSuperb...This book will make readers think twice when they scan foreign news in the papers -- Julian Fleming Sunday Business Post Excellent...breezy but self-critical -- Ian Black Guardian Powerful...written in a very engaging, even gripping, style and what makes it most admirable is its honesty -- Dan Glazebrook Morning Star Author InformationJoris Luyendijk was born December 30th 1971 in the Netherlands. His first three books are about the Middle East, the most successful of which appeared in English as Hello Everybody. Joris Luyendijk is currently living in London, having completed an anthropological investigation into how bankers in the City can live with themselves for the Guardian, now a book, Swimming with Sharks, My Journey into the World of the Bankers. (Faber) Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |