TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rouleau,Eric
AU  - Gresh,Alain
TI  - Truths and lies in the Middle East: memoirs of a veteran journalist, 1952-2012 
SN  - 9789774169069
U1  - 070.92 22
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Cairo, New York
PB  - The American University in Cairo Press
KW  - Rouleau, Eric,
KW  - Journalists
KW  - France
KW  - Biography
KW  - BUEsh
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Arab-Israeli conflict
KW  - February2026
KW  - COMAME
KW  - Reading book
N1  - Includes index; Acknowledgments -- Foreword: Éric Rouleau's empire / Alain Gresh-- Introduction -- Gamal Abd al-Nasser -- Egypt to the Egyptians -- The indispensable Torah -- My brother Ishmael -- The "Prussians" win out over the "Jews" -- The six-hour war -- The "liberal" occupation -- The survivor -- Missing peace -- The end of an era -- "De-Nasserization" -- War and diplomacy -- Lost illusions -- Update and renewal -- The Oslo deadlock -- Cassandra -- Index
N2  - Eric Rouleau was one of the most celebrated journalists of his generation, a status he owed to his extraordinary career, which began when Hubert Beuve-Méry, director of Le Monde, charged him with covering the Near and Middle East.   In 1963, Rouleau was invited by Gamal Abd al-Nasser to interview him in Cairo, a move which was not lost on the young Rouleau--going through him, a young Egyptian Jew who had been exiled from Egypt in late 1951, shortly before the Free Officers coup, was a means to renew diplomatic ties with de Gaulle's France. This exclusive interview, which immediately made headlines around the world, propelled Rouleau into the center of the region's conflicts for two decades.    Writing between Cairo and Jerusalem, Rouleau was a chief witness to the wars of 1967 and 1973, narrating their events from behind the scenes. He was to meet all the major players, including Nasser, Levi Ashkol, Moshe Dayan, Golda Meir, Yasser Arafat, Ariel Sharon, and Anwar Sadat, painting striking portraits of each. More than a memoir, his book presents a history, lived from the inside, of the Israel-Palestine conflict
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