- Paperback: 263 pages
- Publisher: Olive Branch Press (30 Sep 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1566566347
- ISBN-13: 978-1566566346
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 14.8 x 1.7 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,018,387 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
It's interesting to note that Michael Rubin the so-called "customer reviewer" is actually part of Daniel Pipes neo con think tank and is employed by the Lincoln Group - the PR firm hired by the Bush administration to create "good news stories" about Iraq.
While Boyd Tonkin, literary editor of the Independent said that Dancing in the No Fly Zone "touches places in the nation's soul the horror headlines never reach"
http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/books/reviews/article344364.ece and Paul William Roberts calls the book "remarkable" and "written with elegance, wisdom and compassionate humour" http://www.paulwmroberts.com/FOOTLOOSE.htm- Rubin seems to have merely scanned the book looking for phrases he could twist to fit his own right wing agenda.
The scare mongering tactic of labelling anyone who writes about the terrible reality of everyday life for Iraqis as an evil "Saddamist" is not a new one - it was used by the right during the Saddam era whenever anyone spoke out against the civilian suffering caused by the blunt instrument of sanctions - rather counter intuitively since the sanctions and the power of the state issued ration card dramatically reduced dissent and in fact entrenched Saddam's power.
The situation now in Iraq is way beyond simplistic with us or against us mentalities, and the beauty of this book is that it sees through the rhetoric on both sides to show the soul of a nation under siege.
If you care about Iraq and its long suffering people, read this book.
While Boyd Tonkin, literary editor of the Independent said that Dancing in the No Fly Zone "touches places in the nation's soul the horror headlines never reach"
http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/books/reviews/article344364.ece and Paul William Roberts calls the book "remarkable" and "written with elegance, wisdom and compassionate humour" http://www.paulwmroberts.com/FOOTLOOSE.htm- Rubin seems to have merely scanned the book looking for phrases he could twist to fit his own right wing agenda.
The scare mongering tactic of labelling anyone who writes about the terrible reality of everyday life for Iraqis as an evil "Saddamist" is not a new one - it was used by the right during the Saddam era whenever anyone spoke out against the civilian suffering caused by the blunt instrument of sanctions - rather counter intuitively since the sanctions and the power of the state issued ration card dramatically reduced dissent and in fact entrenched Saddam's power.
The situation now in Iraq is way beyond simplistic with us or against us mentalities, and the beauty of this book is that it sees through the rhetoric on both sides to show the soul of a nation under siege.
If you care about Iraq and its long suffering people, read this book.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The critically acclaimed Dancing in the No Fly Zone is a rare and wonderful book that allows readers unfamiliar with the country an intimate view of the society, culture and humanity of Iraq. For readers familiar with the long suffering nation it is a paen to the former cradle of civilization, now engulfed by barbarism, occupation and chaos.
While Boyd Tonkin, literary editor of the London Independent said that Dancing in the No Fly Zone "touches places in the nation's soul the horror headlines never reach"
Harper's contributor Paul William Roberts calls the book "remarkable" and "written with elegance, wisdom and compassionate humour"
In the book we learn that Ditmars herself had been blacklisted by Saddam's regime for writing stories critical of that regime, was expelled at one point by Saddam's Ministry of Information for the same reason, and that the book includes interviews with a broad range of Iraqis, many of whom hated Saddam and his regime, but many of whom also decry the terrible state of things post invasion. (as do others, for example, like the UN!)
The situation now in Iraq is way beyond simplistic with us or against us mentalities, and the beauty of this book is that it sees through the rhetoric on both sides to show the soul of a nation under siege.
If you care about Iraq and its long suffering people, read this book.
While Boyd Tonkin, literary editor of the London Independent said that Dancing in the No Fly Zone "touches places in the nation's soul the horror headlines never reach"
Harper's contributor Paul William Roberts calls the book "remarkable" and "written with elegance, wisdom and compassionate humour"
In the book we learn that Ditmars herself had been blacklisted by Saddam's regime for writing stories critical of that regime, was expelled at one point by Saddam's Ministry of Information for the same reason, and that the book includes interviews with a broad range of Iraqis, many of whom hated Saddam and his regime, but many of whom also decry the terrible state of things post invasion. (as do others, for example, like the UN!)
The situation now in Iraq is way beyond simplistic with us or against us mentalities, and the beauty of this book is that it sees through the rhetoric on both sides to show the soul of a nation under siege.
If you care about Iraq and its long suffering people, read this book.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a fine book. Ditmars took me on a tour of her experiences as a Canadian journalist, culling on 7 years of assignments in Iraq. With the exception of the front page of today's Oregonian, "Life and Death in Baghdad", I have seen nothing else in my reading of the news, and my favorite magazines, that comes close to showing how the everyday life of Iraqis is affected by the occupation, and previous sanctions. Everywhere else I see journalists dealing in abstractions, without a shred of cultural understanding and true compassion. With courage and aplomb,the author is able to use a variety of connections and disguises to connect with artists, musicians, intellectuals, laborers, prison keepers, health care givers, a suspected undercover agent, and even a "king in waiting". She is sensitive also to the women and children of Iraq, in these very trying times. We need more good books and reports about life on the ground in that distressed country.
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