EAN: 9781529153118

INTO IRAQ - MICHAEL PALIN GEBUNDEN

In March 2022  Michael Palin travelled the length of the River Tigris through Iraq to get a
sense of what life is like in a region of the world that once formed the cradle of civilisation
but that in recent times has witnessed turmoil and appalling bloodshed. In the journal he kept
during his trip he describes the war-ravaged city of Mosul and the children he encounters
growing up amid its ruins. He contemplates the graffiti-strewn ruins of Saddam Hussein's former
palaces  and he notes the constant presence of armed guards. But there are patches of light
amid the dark: boisterous New Year celebrations in Akre  the friendliness of generals and
colonels at 'Checkpoint Cheerful'  and public poetry readings in Baghdad. People getting on
with their lives. At the same time  Michael charts the course of one of the great rivers of the
world  showing how the water that gave life to such ancient settlements as Babylon and Ur is
now becoming a scarce and hotly contested resource. And he considers the role that Iraq's other
great natural resource - oil - plays in both providing wealth and threatening political
stability. Illustrated throughout with colour photographs taken on the trip  and permeated with
his warmth and humour  this is a vivid and varied portrait of a complex country.

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