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A uniquely personal insight into the Middle East from one of Canadas most respected foreign correspondents In 1976, Nahlah Ayeds family gave up their comfortable life in Winnipeg for the squalor of a Palestinian refugee camp in Amman, Jordan. The transition was jarring, but it was from this uncomfortable situation that Ayed first observed the people whose heritage she shared. The family returned to Canada when she was thirteen, and Ayed ignored the Middle East for many years. But the First Gulf War and the events of 9/11 reignited her interest. Soon she was reporting from the region full-time, trying to make sense of the wars and upheavals that have affected its people and sent so many of them seeking a better life elsewhere. In A Thousand Farewells, Ayed describes with sympathy and insight the myriad ways in which the Arab people have fought against oppression and loss as seen from her own early days witnessing protests in Amman, and the wars, crackdowns, and uprisings she has reported on in countries across the region. This is the heartfelt and personal chronicle of a journalist who has devoted much of her career to covering one of the worlds most vexing regions.

Author

Ayed, Nahlah

Publisher

Toronto: Penguin Canada

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780143170464

Subjects

Computer Science, Literary Fiction, Political Science

Rating

3.81 / 5 (265 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14