People Like Us: Misrepresenting the Middle East

Originally published in the Netherlands in 2006 (Het zijn net mensen), Luyendijk reports on his experiences as a news correspondent in the Middle East. This book quickly became a bestseller in the Netherlands and has been translated into many languages (see Luyendijk's website for details: http://www.jorisluyendijk.nl/). English translation copyright 2009. UK-English edition: Hello Everybody! One Journalist's Search for Truth in the Middle East (Profile) US-English edition: People Like Us: Misrepresenting the Middle East (Soft Skull Press) Australian-English edition: Fit to Print: Misrepresenting the Middle East (Scribe) Luyendijk tells the story of his five years as a correspondent in the Middle East. He chronicles first-hand experiences of dictatorship, occupation, terror, and war. His stories cast light on a number of major crises, from the Iraq War to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, along with less-reported issues such as underage orphan trash-collectors in Cairo. The more he witnessed, the less he understood, and he became increasingly aware of the yawning gap between what he saw on the ground and what was later reported in the media.