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4931119The Mayor of Mogadishuhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-mayor-of-mogadishu-9781466883925/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3537863/cfaac028-8cfd-495f-b6d5-7eeac58b3e8f.jpg?v=638682451264630000206251MXNSt. Martins Publishing GroupInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>"This is a triumph of a book: surprising, informative, and humane." Alexander McCall Smith</strong></p><p><strong>"Stunning."</strong> <em><strong>Foreign Affairs</strong></em></p><p><strong>"Pieces together Nurs astonishing biography and follows him when he became mayor in 2010 and tried to restore confidence and bring back investment to the battered Somali capital."</strong> <strong>NPR</strong></p><p><strong>Part on-the-ground war reporting, part investigative biography, Hardings book captures both the fragile hopes and the appalling violence of Somalia . . . .</strong> <em><strong>The New York Times</strong></em></p><p>A <em>Foreign Affairs</em> Best Book of 2017</p><p>One of Book Concierges <strong>Best Books of 2016</strong></p><p>In <em>The Mayor of Mogadishu</em>, one of the BBCs most experienced foreign correspondents, Andrew Harding, reveals the tumultuous life of Mohamoud Tarzan Nur - an impoverished nomad who was abandoned in a state orphanage in newly independent Somalia, and became a street brawler and activist. When the country collapsed into civil war and anarchy, Tarzan and his young family became part of an exodus, eventually spending twenty years in north London.</p><p>But in 2010 Tarzan returned, as Mayor, to the unrecognizable ruins of a city now almost entirely controlled by the Islamist militants of Al Shabab. For many in Mogadishu, and in the diaspora, Tarzan became a galvanizing symbol of courage and hope for Somalia. But for others, he was a divisive thug, who sank beneath the corruption and clan rivalries that continue, today, to threaten the countrys revival.</p><p><em>The Mayor of Mogadishu</em> is a rare an insiders account of Somalias unraveling, and an intimate portrayal of one familys extraordinary journey.</p>...3489633The Mayor of Mogadishu206251https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-mayor-of-mogadishu-9781466883925/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3537863/cfaac028-8cfd-495f-b6d5-7eeac58b3e8f.jpg?v=638682451264630000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20169781466883925_W3siaWQiOiJhNDdhMDIwMS1jM2VlLTQ0YmUtOTQwZi1hM2VhZDJiOTM3YjMiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjI1MSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjU4LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjE5MywiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjQtMDktMjVUMTM6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9781466883925_<p><strong>"This is a triumph of a book: surprising, informative, and humane." Alexander McCall Smith</strong></p><p><strong>"Stunning."</strong> <em><strong>Foreign Affairs</strong></em></p><p><strong>"Pieces together Nurs astonishing biography and follows him when he became mayor in 2010 and tried to restore confidence and bring back investment to the battered Somali capital."</strong> <strong>NPR</strong></p><p><strong>Part on-the-ground war reporting, part investigative biography, Hardings book captures both the fragile hopes and the appalling violence of Somalia . . . .</strong> <em><strong>The New York Times</strong></em></p><p>A <em>Foreign Affairs</em> Best Book of 2017</p><p>One of Book Concierges <strong>Best Books of 2016</strong></p><p>In <em>The Mayor of Mogadishu</em>, one of the BBCs most experienced foreign correspondents, Andrew Harding, reveals the tumultuous life of Mohamoud Tarzan Nur - an impoverished nomad who was abandoned in a state orphanage in newly independent Somalia, and became a street brawler and activist. When the country collapsed into civil war and anarchy, Tarzan and his young family became part of an exodus, eventually spending twenty years in north London.</p><p>But in 2010 Tarzan returned, as Mayor, to the unrecognizable ruins of a city now almost entirely controlled by the Islamist militants of Al Shabab. For many in Mogadishu, and in the diaspora, Tarzan became a galvanizing symbol of courage and hope for Somalia. But for others, he was a divisive thug, who sank beneath the corruption and clan rivalries that continue, today, to threaten the countrys revival.</p><p><em>The Mayor of Mogadishu</em> is a rare an insiders account of Somalias unraveling, and an intimate portrayal of one familys extraordinary journey.</p>...9781466883925_St. Martins Publishing Grouplibro_electonico_9781466883925_9781466883925Andrew HardingInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/openroadmedia-epub-f5446ac3-0067-401d-929c-e074be5f96a7.epub2016-11-29T00:00:00+00:00St. Martins Publishing Group