A Stranger in Your Own City - Travels in the Middle East's Long War

ONE OF THE GUARDIAN''S NON-FICTION BOOKS TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2023

''Exquisite... a genuine melancholy masterpiece'' William Dalrymple, author of The Anarchy

''A powerful, unforgettable book'' Nadifa Mohamed, author of The Fortune Men

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A work of great beauty and tragedy from a gifted storyteller and reporter. Published on the twentieth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, it places the experience of ordinary civilians at its heart.

This is the story of a people who once lived under the rule of a megalomaniac leader who shaped the state in his own image. Then one day, after yet another war, a foreign army invaded, toppled the leader, destroyed the state, and proceeded to invent a new country. This is the story of a people who watched with horror as their world fragmented into a hundred different cities, as walls rose between them and bodies piled in the streets. From the American invasion to the Arab Spring,