Most Popular Books by Anthony Shadid

Before his death while on assignment in 2012, Anthony Shadid visited Iraq’s all-but-defunct Baghdad College, an American institute that aimed to provide young Iraqis with both knowledge and a sense of acceptance. Spending time with ex-students and their retired Jesuit teachers, Shadid portrayed a time when America was known in the Arab world not for military action but for cultural education – a time now marred by years of conflict. This essay, ‘The American Age, Iraq’, by the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, which first appeared in Granta 116: Ten Years Later, is now published as individual e-book, accompanied by an interview with Shadid which first appeared on granta.com, to celebrate the launch of his memoir, House of Stone, published by Granta Books in the UK on 2 August.

"Now, drawing on Iraqi history and travels elsewhere in the Arab world, Shadid weaves together an epic narrative that shows how Iraq - oversimplified by those who perceived it merely as a nation victimized by a repressive despot - was transformed in unexpected ways by the fall of Saddam and the arrival of the Americans. Night Draws Near illustrates the dramatic, unforeseen consequences that the U.S. invasion unleashed in this wounded but resilient nation, where the present is shaped by remembered glories of the past, the horrors of recent wars, and new resentments toward the West."--BOOK JACKET.

Culture and institutions.

The World Trade Center bombing, suicide attacks in Israel, the slaughter of tourists in Egypt and innocents in Algeria. One of the world''s great religions, Islam has become identified today with senseless bloodshed, its followers branded as irrational fanatics with a penchant for violence. Ours is the era of the "Islamic threat." But another story remains to be told. Beyond the headlines, a transformation is under way in both the style and message of Islamic politics at the end of the twentieth century: a startling shift from militancy to democracy with vast implications for the West. Drawing on his years of reporting in more than a dozen countries of the Muslim world, Anthony Shadid charts the striking way in which the adolescence of yesterday''s Islamic militants is yielding to the maturity of today''s activists. Through interview and travelogue, he chronicles a new generation-in Lebanon, Egypt, Turkey and elsewhere-that is finding a more realistic and potentially more successful future through democratic politics. A crucial element of this change, and of Legacy of the Prophet , is his exploration of the failure of militant Islam in countries like Sudan and Iran, defeats that ironically may help make way for an alternative, democratic future. The transformation promises a better future for a region long ruled by soldiers and despots. For the West, it offers a compelling opportunity to find common ground with the Muslim world. But to do so, the book argues that we must make the difficult choice of supporting the emergence of democratic Islamic movements, possibly even allowing to come to power governments that, as it stands, have no love for the West. Legacy of the Prophet promises to redefine the debate over the future of political Islam.

The in-depth coverage of the Iraq War that earned Anthony Shadid of the Washington Post the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting. On the eve of the war in Iraq, all news correspondents were ordered to leave Baghdad for the sake of their safety. Many streamed out. One man, instead, went deeper. At his own peril, Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter Anthony Shadid chose to stay, armed only with his convictions that the coming events would shake the Middle East to its core. What followed Shadid’s decision was insightful, honest, and compassionate reporting, straight from Baghdad. With exceptional bravery, he gave readers an honest and powerful view of the common Iraqi citizen’s experience of the war, as well as haunting coverage of the aftermath. With it, he succeeded in showing a profoundly human side of these events, and the new struggles that followed in its wake.

Si comincia con una casa da rimettere in sesto, nel sud del Libano, una casa di famiglia in cui sono passati i propri avi accumulando oggetti, sentimenti, culture. Per un anno intero Anthony Shadid abita e ristruttura quella casa, scoprendo in quelle stanze, attraversate con il passo del cronista, la storia della propria famiglia e di tutto il Medio Oriente. Muovendosi tra le grandezze e le meschinità dell''uomo, tra epoche di glorie e declino fino a una quotidianità sempre più difficile, Shadid racconta come si mischiano tra loro e come si scontrano le culture e perché ognuno di noi è inscindibilmente legato alle proprie radici. La casa di pietra è un libro meraviglioso, il racconto di un anno dedicato a restaurare la casa di famiglia a Marjayoun, nel Libano meridionale. Queste pagine sono una sinfonia, composta dalle note più diverse: elegia, ironia, rabbia, divertimento. Shadid fa di questa esperienza uno dei memoir più belli che abbiamo letto, ed è un peccato, se non un''ingiustizia, che l''autore non abbia potuto vedere stampato questo libro. [Washington Post] Anthony Shadid (1968-2012) è stato corrispondente dal Medio Oriente per diverse testate giornalistiche. Ha vinto il Premio Pulitzer per il giornalismo nel 2004 e nel 2010. Statunitense di origine libanese, ha lavorato per il «Washington Post», il «Boston Globe» e il «New York Times». Per questa testata ha seguito la primavera araba del 2011. È morto all''età di 43 anni in Siria.

Recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting. On the eve before the beginning of the war in Iraq, all news correspondents were ordered to leave Baghdad, for the sake of their safety. Many streamed out. One man, without questioning, went deeper. At his own peril, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Anthony Shadid chose to stay, armed with only his convictions that the coming events would shake the Middle East to its core. What followed Shadid''s decision was insightful, honest, and compassionate reporting, straight from Baghdad. With exceptional bravery, he gave readers a honest and powerful view of the common Iraqi citizen''s experience of the war, as well as haunting coverage of the aftermath. With it, he succeeded in showing a profoundly human side of the war, and the new struggles that followed in its wake.

"[C]reated as a follow-up to a broadside created for the Mutannabbi Street Broadside Project in 2007. Both were inspired by an article written by Anthony Shadid for the Washington Post Foreign Service on March 12, 2007, entitled ''The Bookseller''s Story Ending Much Too Soon.'' Shadid''s story is a personal account of the Mutannabi Street bombing told through a reminiscence of his friendship with Mohammed Hayawi, a bookseller on the street, which has served as the heart of Bagdad''s intelligentsia for centuries"--Artist''s website, viewed on February 5, 2015.

Den libanesiske-amerikanske journalist Anthony Shadid beskriver konflikten i Mellemøsten og fletter beskrivelsen sammen med sin egen og sin families historie

"Anthony Shadid, potomek Isbera wychowany w Ameryce, wraca do Mardż Ujun, by odrestaurować bajt sitti, dom babci, zrujnowany w czasie wojen, które wyniszczyły Liban. Ten trwający ponad rok proces staje się okazją do snucia opowieści o historii rodziny, a przede wszystkim o złotych czasach Bliskiego Wschodu. Kamienny dom to wypełniony nostalgią, ironią i humorem hymn dla Lewantu, jego odchodzących obyczajów oraz kultury, a jednocześnie wyjątkowe wprowadzenie w zawiłą historie Libanu"-- P. 4 of cover.