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EAN : 9782707141910
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 144
Size : 135 x 220 mm
Letter to a (lost) iraki friend

Florence Aubenas (préface de)
Collection : Cahiers libres
Release date : 07/11/2003

Straight after the end of the war in Irak, Sihem Bensédrine leaves for Baghdad in search of her friend Nacera. Unable to find her and upset by what she sees, Sihem decides to write to her. Her letter describes her shock on discovering a society destroyed by years of repeated...

Straight after the end of the war in Irak, Sihem Bensédrine leaves for Baghdad in search of her friend Nacera. Unable to find her and upset by what she sees, Sihem decides to write to her. Her letter describes her shock on discovering a society destroyed by years of repeated daily terror. At the sight of the communal graves and torture chambers, she assesses the meaning of this col-lapse for arab communities, which have for so long turned a blind eye to events because of the my-thical project of « renaissance of the arab world » concocted by Saddam…

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EAN : 9782707141910
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 144
Size : 135 x 220 mm
La Découverte