Category Archives: TWMH Excerpts

Visit to the Ogaden: Excerpt from Chapter 1 Ticket to Addis Ababa

… Only the political correspondents were invited to the evening banquet in Menelik’s old Imperial Palace in Addis Ababa. Back at the hotel, I added my name to the list of journalists wanting to visit the famine belt, and next … Continue reading

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THE LEGENDARY LYRE FROM UR

Excerpt from Chapter 4: Middle East Nightmare …The next day, I took a taxi to the Iraq National Museum founded by Gertrude Bell, the great Orientalist, political officer and archaeologist who spoke both Arabic and Persian. Here under a single … Continue reading

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