num_pages: 256
description: In the aftermath of the Arab Spring war reporters rushed to publish accounts of the uprising. Tom Chesshyre took a different approach - he jumped on a plane and became the first to return to the region as a tourist. The result is the fascinating street-level tale of a journey through lands fresh from revolution  Tunisia Libya and Egypt. Chesshyre heads for tourist sites that few have seen in recent years as well as new 'attractions' like Gaddafi's bombed-out bunker in Tripoli. In a book both touching and humorous he describes being abducted in Libya listening to the sound of Kalashnikovs at night and talking to ordinary people struggling to get by. On the second anniversary of the Arab Spring this is the ideal time for this book.
language: English
title: A Tourist in the Arab Spring
publisher: Bradt Travel Guides