{"product_id":"the-flavors-of-iraq-impressions-of-my-vanished-homeland-9781637790670","title":"The Flavors of Iraq: Impressions of My Vanished Homeland","description":"\u003cp\u003e1989. My first trip to Iraq. The taste of apricot. \"Never say Saddam's name.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Western media largely glossed over the immense human suffering that occurred in Iraq during the embargo of the 1990s and the Iraq War. With this innovative and award-winning graphic novel, French-Iraqi journalist Feurat Alani sets that record straight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Flavors of Iraq unfolds as a series of one thousand tweets. In them, Alani describes his experiences in Iraq from 1989, when he traveled from France to meet his extended family in Iraq for the first time, to 2011, when the last Americans pulled out of the country. Alani recounts the vivid impressions this place made on him as a child--its wondrous colors, tastes, and smells. And he documents the sounds, silences, and smells of a war in which hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians lost their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIllustrated by the striking art of L?onard Cohen and with a foreword by Ross Caputi, a former US Marine who served in Iraq from 2003 to 2006, The Flavors of Iraq tells a poetic and powerful story of an oppressed population, an illegal war, and a country that no longer exists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in France to Iraqi parents, \u003cstrong\u003eFeurat Alani\u003c\/strong\u003e is an award-winning journalist and novelist. He was a news correspondent in Baghdad from 2003 to 2008 for \u003ci\u003eTélé\u003c\/i\u003e (now CNews), \u003ci\u003eOuest France\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLa Croix\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLe Point\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2008, Alani returned to Paris to work on the television newsmagazine \u003ci\u003eL'Effet papillon\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the cofounder of the production companies Baozi Prod and In Sight Films. Alani collaborates regularly with the newspaper \u003ci\u003eLe Monde diplomatique\u003c\/i\u003e, the website Orient XXI, and the magazine \u003ci\u003eGéo\u003c\/i\u003e, and works as a reporter and producer with Arte, France 24, and Canal+. \u003ci\u003eThe Flavors of Iraq\u003c\/i\u003e was originally published as \u003ci\u003eLe Parfum d'Irak\u003c\/i\u003e in 2018 and went on to win the Prix Albert Londres for the best book in 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eLéonard Cohen\u003c\/strong\u003e is a French animator based in Oakland, California. He earned his master's degree in animation at the École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs de Paris in 2009. His film \u003ci\u003ePlato\u003c\/i\u003e was selected in many festivals and won multiple awards. Cohen designed the TV series \u003ci\u003eLe Chiffroscope\u003c\/i\u003e, which ran weekly for three seasons (2012-15) on \u003ci\u003eL'Effet papillon\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Graphic Mundi - Psu Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50625704460562,"sku":"9781637790670","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_37e228c5-8581-41b2-b048-a2681a8049e8.jpg?v=1732637179","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-flavors-of-iraq-impressions-of-my-vanished-homeland-9781637790670","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}