Tribes with Flags
Charles Glass
HarperCollins Publishers
‘Tribes With Flags’ is a chronicle of Charles Glass’s journey from the southern Turkish coast to Lebanon, and includes an account of the sixty-two days he was held captive by pro-Iranian kidnappers in Beirut. Charles Glass began his journey of the former Arab nations of the Ottoman Empire exploring farms, refugee camps and feudal palaces – to capture the full spectrum of Levantine life. His literary and spiritual ramble was abruptly interrupted when on 17 June 1987 he was kidnapped by Shi'a militants. What followed, sixty-two days later, was a daring escape that captivated the world’s media. In this classic travelogue, the former ABC Middle East correspondent records an adventure which took him from through Turkey, Syria, Israel, Jordan and the Lebanon. An honest, colourful and immediate tale of wanderlust and history, he encounters both the beauty and volatility of the Middle East. ‘Tribes with Flags’ is an essential back-story to our understanding of the complexity of the...