Posted on 02/02/08
An American innocent abroad in the Middle East
CHILDREN OF JIHADA Young American's Travels Among the Youthof the Middle EastBy Jared CohenGotham, 278 pages, $30The unabridged edition of Webster's Third New International Dictionary defines courage as "mental or moral strength enabling one to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear or difficulty firmly and resolutely." Listed synonyms are "mettle, spirit, resolution and tenacity." A perfect illustration of this concept are the exploits of an American Jewish kid from Connecticut, who travelled around the most anti-American parts of the Muslim Middle East, after the murder of Daniel Pearl, without a guide or an escort, carrying a laptop, a backpack and an authentic curiosity to transcend geographical, religious and ideological barriers.
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