COMMENCE TOWNSHIP, Mich., May 20, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- What would you do if you were forced to leave the comforts of home and live in a country where peace is seemingly nowhere to be found? Perception Wars: Iraq From The Outside In narrates the true account of author Jemil Metti's experiences of life in Iraq, beginning with his mother's death, the catalyst that set off a chain of events that he would come to write about.
Jemil Metti and his family were transferred to Lebanon in 1956. Before political skirmishes erupted to a full-blown war, they were again moved to Iraq where the security of relatives awaited. But the situation in Iraq forced them to live in places not of their choosing and, having been born in the United States, the author and his siblings struggled to learn a language alien to their childhood. These challenges were topped with corporal punishment landmines of Iraqi education.
Metti also reveals, in this compelling autobiography, the perceptions of a people trapped in socio-political chaos that prompted, and finalized by marital and academic opportunities, the author and his siblings to leave Iraq for good. This socio-political narrative is truly a must-read. Log on to Xlibris.com for more information.
About the Author
Dr. Jemil Metti was born on September 26, 1949, in Long Island, New York, to an Iraqi father, Philip Metti, and a Hungarian mother, Juliet Balinth. He was uprooted from his birthplace and transferred to Beirut, Lebanon in 1956 then to Baghdad, Iraq, in 1957. There he lived for the rest of his thirteen politically-tumultuous teenage years.
Dr. Metti returned to the United States in 1970 at age twenty. He attended and graduated with a BA in political science and philosophy from Northern Illinois University in 1975; an MA in International Relations and Comparative Politics of the Middle East from SUNY-Binghamton in 1977; and an Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction and Education Administration from Wayne State University in 1991. Between K-12 tutoring, K-College teaching, and administrating a K-12 ESL program, education and writing consumed most of Dr. Metti's career. He continues to teach U.S. government (high school and college) and international relations (college).
The author is currently working on a new novel.
Perception Wars * by Jemil Metti
Iraq From The Outside In
Publication Date: August 29, 2008
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