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Looking for Trouble

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  The title of Virginia Cowles’ memoir as a war correspondent neatly covers the contents. “Looking for Trouble” (1941) is exactly what this enterprising young female American journalist has been doing between 1937, covering the Spanish civil war, and 1941, when she wrote this book in the aftermath of the Battle of Britain. In between, [...]
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Congo reading list

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Although I have never been to the Democratic Republic of Congo, the country has fascinated me for years. I have a collection of books on Congo, many of which I read during the Corona lockdown of 2021. Below are some of my observations on most of those books. Note that many more people have written [...]
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Uniek inkijkje in het leven op het Arabisch Schiereiland

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“Ver van mijn Bed” (2011) van Antoinette Vlieger heeft als subtitel “Avonturen op het Arabisch Schiereiland”. Mevrouw Vlieger heeft voor haar promotie onderzoek naar de rechten van dienstmeisjes in het Midden Oosten een aantal maanden doorgebracht in Dubai en Saoedi Arabië, en schrijft boeiend over haar ervaringen daar. Zonder haar hele proefschrift nou meteen in [...]
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Iran reading list

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a reading list for Iran
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My House in Damascus

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I got to know the books of Diana Darke in the early 1990s, when I lived in Turkey. Ms. Darke has written two entertaining, and excellent travel guides about this country, characterized by her thorough knowledge not only of the culture, but also of obscure places where to find the best examples of, say, Armenian [...]
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Midnight in Sicily

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The one book about Sicily I read, during our short trip, is “Midnight in Sicily” (1996), written by Peter Robb. Although the book is advertised by its sub-title, on arts, food, history, travel & Cosa Nostra, the latter is by far the dominant subject. Robb describes, sometimes in sickening detail, how the Mafia turned itself [...]
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Athene Palace

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A classic on Romania is “Athene Palace” (1942), written by the German-American journalist R.G.Waldeck (alias of Rosa Goldschmidt). Ms Waldeck describes from her hotel – the still-existing Athene Palace – the pre-war intrigues of representatives of all powers, except Russia, who meet and still easily mix in Bucharest during the last half of 1940. An excellent, [...]
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Reading list for Romania and Bulgaria

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several books about Romania, and a few on Bulgaria, too
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A reading list for Indonesia

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A list of books, fiction and non-fiction, with Indonesia as its main subject - and my view about those books
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Oorlogsjournalistiek met een twist

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“Duizend Dagen Extreem Leven” (2013) is het boek van een journaliste die drie jaar in Afghanistan heeft gewoond, en daar een geweldig, heel persoonlijk verhaal over heeft geschreven.
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    • 11. Köw-Ata cave April 20, 2026
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