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From Baghdad to Bedlam: An Immigrant's Tale

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Publisher Comments:

Maged is working nights as a London taxi driver. By day he’s a news junkie, hooked on broadcasts from his native war-torn Iraq, and desperate for news of his family. He recalls Saddam Hussein’s rise to power and his escape to England, where he meets his future wife, Carole, in the lingerie section of a department store in Liverpool. From the idyll of his Iraqi childhood through the harsh realities of 1980s Britain, Maged’s recollections are filled with a deep affection for his Iraqi and British homes.

Maged Kadar, a former London cab driver, now teaches Arabic and Islamic culture to British troops.

Book News Annotation:

This is the short memoir of Maged Kadar, who was born in Baghdad, Iraq, leaving in 1979 at the age 22 after Saddam Hussein's rise to power only to suffer through unemployment in Thatcherite Britain before becoming a London cab driver. Distributed in the US by Consortium. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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A heartbreaking, funny memoir of an Iraqi exile in the United Kingdom.
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Maged Kadar is married with two sons. He grew up in Al-Hay, southern Iraq and, after the rise of Saddam Hussein in 1979, fled to Liverpool where he met his wife. A former London cab driver, he now teaches Arabic and Islamic culture to British troops in Germany.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780863566356
Author:
Kadar, Maged
Publisher:
Saqi Books
With:
d'Abo, Noel
Subject:
General
Subject:
United States - 20th Century
Subject:
Ethnic Cultures - General
Subject:
Personal Memoirs
Subject:
General Biography
Subject:
Biography-Ethnic Cultures
Subject:
Biography - General
Subject:
Middle East
Copyright:
2007
Edition Description:
Trade Paper
Publication Date:
20071031
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
252
Dimensions:
8.3 x 5.3 x 0.5 in 6.5 oz
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