Soldier for a summer : one man's journey from Dublin to the frontline of the Libyan Uprising
Najjair, Housam2013
Books, Manuscripts
Housam 'Sam' Najjair was born in Dublin to an Irish mother and a Libyan father. In June 2011, as Libya was being torn apart by civil war, when he was just thirty-two years old, he left Ireland on a one-way ticket to Tunisia, crossing into war-torn Libya, to join the uprising against the dictator Gaddafi. This book charts his journey - from his arrival into Libya, training in the Western Mountains for twelve weeks before advancing on Tripoli where, on the 20th August 2011, Sam and the now famous Tripoli Brigade, a unit of the National Liberation Army of Libya, were the first revolutionaries to enter, and subsequently secure, the city and Martyr Square.
Main title:
Author:
Najjair, Housam, author
Imprint:
Dublin : Hachette Books Ireland, 2013.
Collation:
291 pages, 16 unnumbered pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781444743838 (pbk)144474383X
Dewey class:
961.2'05'092
Language:
English
BRN:
893190