A review by suzmac
Baghdad Without a Map and Other Misadventures in Arabia by Tony Horwitz

4.0

Perspective of the early 1990s is all the more interesting for its pre-Iraq war era context. Readable, eye-opening, amusing accounts of Cairo, Tehran, and Beirut among other places and peoples, as well as the "worst" city in the world. I especially enjoyed the paths between the well-known cities and the people found there. In part it's a pleasant read because of the occational press pool and Westerners' comments. The author was brave as well as reckless. A woman would never have been able to make such a trip in male-centric Saudi Arabia. Indeed it whets the appetite for something more substantial.