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Taking sides : a memoir about love, war, and changing the world / Sherine Tadros.

by Tadros, Sherine, author.

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London : Scribe, 2023.

Tadros, Sherine.

Women war correspondents -- United States -- Biography.

Women human rights workers -- United States -- Biography.

Women political activists -- United States -- Biography.

War correspondents -- United States -- Biography.

Human rights workers -- United States -- Biography.

Political activists -- United States -- Biography.

9781957363479 (paperback) :

1957363479 (paperback)

254 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Prologue: the interview -- Number 29 -- A perfect match -- Counterflow -- Beirut blunder -- No way out -- House of healing -- Confessions -- The uncle -- Angels -- Take back your square, take back your country -- The other side -- Big day -- The house where the world meets -- Small wins, high stakes -- The Trump distraction -- So, what's next?

The deeply moving memoir of an award-winning war correspondent turned activist -- and her rousing defense of human rights in times of resurgent authoritarianism. As a broadcast journalist for Sky News and Al Jazeera, Sherine Tadros was trained to tell only the facts, as dispassionately as possible. But how can you remain neutral when reporting from war zones, or witnessing brutal state repression? For twenty-six years, Tadros grew up in the quiet surroundings of her family's London home, and yet injustice was something her Egyptian immigrant parents could never shelter her from. From her first journalistic assignment trapped inside a war zone in the Gaza Strip, to covering the Arab uprisings that changed the course of history, Tadros searched for ways to make a difference in people's lives. But it wasn't until her fiancé left her on their wedding day, and her life fell apart, that she found the courage to find her true purpose. It was the beginning of a journey leading to her current work for Amnesty International at the United Nations, where she lobbies governments to ensure that human rights are protected around the world. With the compassion and verve of a clear-sighted campaigner and a natural storyteller, Tadros shares her remarkable journey from witnessing injustice to fighting it head-on in the corridors of power.

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