Mondays in the Middle East: The Lighter Side of Arabian Nights

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  1. Kindle Edition: 112 pages: 1 item
  2. Publisher: Xulon Press; 2006-11-01
  3. Author: David Cross
  4. Format: Kindle eBook
  5. Sales Rank in Books: #310951

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Dive into the Middle East through a whole new perspective . . . the Midwest! Laugh and learn the good stuff your teachers never taught you about the Middle East.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wholesome humor with a fresh perspective, May 20, 2010
David A. Cross (Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mondays in the Middle East: The Lighter Side of Arabian Nights (Kindle Edition)
I began writing Mondays in the Middle East from Bahrain in 1999 to relay cultural insights for a Midwestern radio station. I have tried to maintain two key principles during writing:

1. I want to be respectful of the religious beliefs of the Arab people.

2. I want to poke fun at myself and my own culture as much as I might poke fun at Arab culture.

Mondays in the Middle East is intended to open people's minds to more of life in the Middle East than they might otherwise know. It seems that the slant presented by the Western media has every Arab holding an AK-47 and a hand grenade. I want to present some of the real-life situations I've come across that give a different view and I want to do it with a bit of humor for all.

The Middle East in general has become an important region to understand not just because of the Iraq wars, but because Arab people are influencing the Western world like never before. My hope is that this book will give a...Read more

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