Shadid, Anthony

American journalist Anthony Shadid examines the lives of ordinary Iraqi citizens since the American invasion in 2003. Draws on Iraqi history and travels throughout the Arab world to provide a broad perspective on Iraq and the effects of the invasion and the fall of Saddam. Also examines the lives of individuals such as a poor widow, a Baghdad psychiatrist, and an artist.

Anthony Shadid, a Lebanese American living in Oklahoma City and "New York Times" reporter who was kidnapped in Libya during its revolution, returns to Lebanon after his release and reflects on war, exile, rebirth, and home.