Tony Horwitz has done a very good job of describing his visits to various parts of the Middle East. My personal favorites were Baghdad, Yemen, and Libya. Each of these countries has very different ways of life. Some countries are as strict as death for speaking against their ruler and some have very little respect for foreigners. Tony had some trouble in Yemen. He was being taken advantage of by people who knew he wasnt from around. Tony was thrown out of Libya and told he was not allowed in Yemen because he was jewish. Baghdad was very much controlled by Saddam Hussein, in fact there were thousands of pictures of Saddam in the airport when Tony arrived. All of these trips Tony has been on has given me a knew perspective on life in the middle east. I've learned that some things arent as bad as they are protrayed in the media and some are far worse. Hatrid follows us everywhere and I believe that hatrid can never be destroyed but only diminished for short periods of time.
RJB
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