Don't Be Afraid of the Bullets
An Accidental War Correspondent in Yemen
Arcade · Print & ebook · November 11, 2014
Laura Kasinof studied Arabic in college and moved to Yemen a few years laterafter a friend at a late-night party in Washington, DC, recommended the country as a good place to work as a freelance journalist.
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- Who it’s for
- A sharp, first-person war-reporting read with history, urgency, and a touch of literate bite.
- Genres
- Lives in Journalism, Arabian Peninsula History, Middle Eastern Politics
- Published
- Arcade, November 11, 2014
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Laura Kasinof studied Arabic in college and moved to Yemen a few years laterafter a friend at a late-night party in Washington, DC, recommended the country as a good place to work as a freelance journalist. When she first moved to Sanaa in 2009, she was the only American reporter based in the country. She quickly fell in love with Yemen’s people and culture, in addition to finding herself the star of a local TV soap opera.
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When antigovernment protests broke out in Yemen, part of the revolts sweeping the Arab world at the time, she contacted the New York Times to see if she could cover the rapidly unfolding events for the newspaper. Laura never planned to be a war correspondent, but found herself in the middle of brutal government attacks on peaceful protesters. As foreign reporters were rounded up and shipped out of the country, Laura managed to elude the authorities but found herself increasingly isolatedand even more determined to report on what she saw. Don’t Be Afraid of the Bullets is a fascinating and important debut by a talented young journalist.
On the Front Line
A sharp, first-person war-reporting read with history, urgency, and a touch of literate bite.
Come here for
- war reporting from Yemen
- an edge-of-the-field voice
Expect
- cultural context without the lecture
- sustained, high-stakes immersion
Where it sits
| Lives in Journalism | 48% |
|---|---|
| Middle Eastern Politics | 37% |
| Arabian Peninsula History | 30% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Women's Lives
- Lives in Journalism
- Personal Memoirs
- Arabian Peninsula History
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- Middle Eastern Politics
- Middle East Travel
- Authors
- Laura Kasinof
- Publisher
- Arcade
- Published
- November 11, 2014
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Women's Lives