The Flying Carpet of Small Miracles Hardcover by Hala Jaber

Product Details

• Publisher: Viking (2009-06-02)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 288 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780670069613
• Item Weight: 390.1 grams
• Dimensions: 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 cm

In 2003, award-winning foreign correspondent Hala Jaber went to Iraq to cover the war. Once there, however, she was confronted with Sahra and Hawra, two little girls who'd lost everything. Unable to conceive a child herself, Jaber became emotionally involved with the orphaned girls, one of them badly burned in a bombing. Beautifully written and deeply moving, Jaber offers fresh insight into the situation in Iraq, particularly the plight of women and children caught in war's crossfire.

About the Author

Hala Jaber was born in West Africa and grew up in Lebanon, where her family still lives. She is the author of the memoir The Flying Carpet of Small Miracles. She began her journalistic career in the Press Association bureau in Beirut. Twice named Foreign Reporter of the Year at the British Press Awards, in 2005 and 2006, she has been honored by Amnesty International and in 2007 won the Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism.