Sandstorms: Days and Nights in ArabiaIn this provocative and incisive memoir, Peter Theroux reveals the Middle East only as a true insider can. Stationed as a journalist in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for most of his seven years in the region, Theroux explodes the romantic images of Arabia, but replaces them with the even more intriguing reality of fanatic Muslims, overwhelmingly rich and powerful royal families, and the vast gulf in understanding between Arabs and westerners. |
Contents
Aliens in Arabia | 15 |
The Spoken Word | 29 |
Mother of the World | 44 |
Aliens in Egypt | 61 |
A Pimp with Prayer Beads | 77 |
Whispers in Jeddah | 82 |
The View from Maazar Street | 105 |
Among the Believers | 125 |
1984 | 164 |
The Written Word | 182 |
Inside Stories | 197 |
Reading Matter | 213 |
Israeli Realities | 233 |
The Exile | 249 |
The Moral | 272 |
Playing Host | 143 |
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