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From the only journalist to win a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting from Iraq, here is a riveting account of ordinary people caught between the struggles of nations
Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War
Henry Holt
September 2005
448 pages
ISBN: 0805076026
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
Like her country, Karima--a widow with eight children--was
caught between America and Saddam. It was March 2003 in
proud but battered Baghdad. As night drew near, she took her
son to board a rickety bus to join Hussein's army. --God
protect you,-- she said, handing him something she could not
afford to give--the thirty-cent fare. The Washington Post's Anthony Shadid also went to war in
Iraq although he was neither embedded with soldiers nor
briefed by politicians. Because he is fluent in Arabic,
Shadid--an Arab American born and raised in Oklahoma--was able
to disappear into the divided, dangerous worlds of Iraq. Day
by day, as the American dream of freedom clashed with Arab
notions of justice, he pieced together the human story of
ordinary Iraqis weathering the terrible dislocations and
tragedies of war.
Through the lives of men and women, Sunnis and Shiites,
American sympathizers and outraged young jihadists newly
transformed into martyrs, Shadid shows us the journey of
defiant, hopeful, resilient Iraq. Moving from battle scenes
to subdued streets enlivened only by the call to prayer,
Shadid uses the experiences of his characters to illustrate
how Saddam's downfall paved the way not only for democracy
but also for an Islamic reawakening and jihad. Night Draws Near--as compelling as it is human--is an
illuminating and poignant account from a repoter whose
coverage has drawn international attention and acclaim.
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