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Because Each Life is Precious: Why an Iraqi Man Risked Everything for Private Jessica Lynch
Mohammed Odeh Al-rehaief
Because Each Life is Precious: Why an Iraqi Man Risked Everything for Private Jessica Lynch
Mohammed Odeh Al-rehaief
When thirty-three-year-old Mohammed Odeh al-Rehaief made the decision to risk his life and his family to save Private First Class Jessica Lynch -- an American soldier he did not know -- it was more than the everyday reckoning with death that permeates wartime. It was the culmination of a life spent at odds with the repressive regime that held his country.
Mohammed's story is a coming of age tale in a society where violence and betrayal were everyday events, where one in five adult males worked for the state's security apparatus, where a president-for-life demanded absolute loyalty and adulation. Yet even as he navigates a culture tarnished by brutality and corruption, Mohammed reveals unexpected sides of Iraq -- scenes of surprising tenderness and stubborn generosity -- and emerges as an unlikely hero whose values transcend ideology: honor, compassion, and an unshakable belief in the sanctity of human life.
Media | Boeken Paperback Book (Boek met zachte kaft en gelijmde rug) |
Vrijgegeven | 23 november 2004 |
ISBN13 | 9780060724405 |
Uitgevers | Harper Paperbacks |
Pagina's | 224 |
Afmetingen | 142 × 16 × 215 mm · 308 g |
Taal en grammatica | Engels |
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