Sandstorms: Days and Nights in Arabia

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W. W. Norton & Company, 1991 - History - 281 pages
In 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.
 

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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
Copyright

Playing Host
143

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