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Levinson, Adam Valen -- Travel -- Middle East.
Middle East -- Description and travel.
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Levinson, Adam Valen
Levinson, Adam Valen -- Travel -- Middle East.
Middle East -- Description and travel.
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The
Abu
Dhabi
bar
mitzvah
:
fear
and
love
in the
modern
Middle
East
/ Adam Valen Levinson.
by
Levinson, Adam Valen
W.W. Norton & Company, c2018.
Call #:
956.054 L665a
Subjects
Levinson, Adam Valen -- Travel --
Middle
East
.
Middle
East
-- Description and travel.
ISBN:
9780393608366 (hc)
0393608360 (hc)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
x, 349 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-349).
Contents:
The
Abu
Dhabi
bar
mitzvah
-- In the air what is above, my dog? --
Abu
Dhabi
I'm Sanjay -- Kuwait the western perception -- Of Islam department -- Oman go for it! don't do it! jump! -- NX844b1G -- Lebanon she loves me but I do not
love
her -- Syria mafishi -- Afghanistan wall save butts -- Pakistan cool wind -- Iraq o eve! -- Iran not every time you can -- Eat ice cream -- Another people begin -- Egypt : bap bap bap bap bap bap bap -- Yemen waa-oow! -- Somali --is there peace? -- Outro.
Summary:
Chronically questioning, funny, and bold, a young American writer explores the majority-Muslim lands that scare him most. Armed only with college Arabic and restless curiosity, Adam Valen Levinson set out to "learn about the world 9/11 made us
fear
." From a base in globalized and sterilized
Abu
Dhabi
, he sets out to lunch in Taliban territory in Afghanistan, travels under the watchful eye of Aleppo's secret police, risks shipwreck en route to Somalia, investigates Yazidi beliefs in a sacred cave, cliff-dives in Oman, celebrates New Year's Eve in Tahrir Square, and, at every turn, discovers a place that matches not at all with its reputation. While politicians and media eagerly stoke the flames of Islamophobia, Valen Levinson crosses borders with abundant humor and humanity. Seeking common ground everywhere, he finds that people who pray differently often laugh the same. And as a young man
bar
mitzvahed at twenty-one (instead of the usual thirteen), he slowly learns how childish it is to live by decisions and distinctions born of
fear
.
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