A sort of tina fey character who unexpectedly finds herself addicted to the adrenaline rush of war. Kim barker is not your typical, impassive foreign correspondentshe is candid, selfdeprecating, laughoutloud funny. Covering her adventures in pakistan and afghanistan as a foreign reporter for the chicago tribune, the taliban shuffle is a sardonic, satirical piece of longform journalism, tinged with bitterness. The taliban shuffle covers the nearly fiveyear period that author kim barker worked as a reporter in afghanistan and pakistan for the chicago tribune. Strange days in afghanistan and pakistan by kim barker. When barker arrives in kabul, foreign aid is at a record low, electricity is a pipe dream, and of the few remaining foreign. At the beginning of the taliban shuffle, the dedication reads. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Read the taliban shuffle strange days in afghanistan and pakistan by kim barker. Whiskey tango foxtrot the taliban shuffle mti by kim barker. When movies are based on true story former tribune reporter on whiskey tango foxtrot. The taliban shuffle ebook by kim barker 9780385533324.
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Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read whiskey tango foxtrot the taliban shuffle mti. Her presentation, the taliban shuffle, was a special presentation of the life global issues series and took place in the pegasus ballroom. Barker will discuss her book thursday april 28 at seattles elliott bay book co. When kim barker first arrived in kabul as a journalist in 2002, she barely owned a. Now a major motion picture titled whiskey tango foxtrot starring tina fey, margot robbie. Barker is now a metro reporter at the new york times, specializing in. Whiskey tango foxtrot, kim barker, afghanistan, pakistan, war, comedy, the taliban shuffle kim barker joins pamela powell on the reel focus to discuss her book and how it inspired tina feys new film whiskey tango foxtrot. Kim barker reveals the fine art of compromise in adapting her book into the. Kim writes about the political context behind the complex tensions that exist in the middle east, but this background is interspersed with laughoutloud personal anecdotes from the perspective of an american journalist living, dating and. The book, like afghanistan at the time, received little media attention. Lacking much by way of an overriding narrative, the book instead follows barker in. Strange days in afghanistan and pakistan, barker recounts how nawaz sharif gave her an apple iphone as a gift and asked her to be. Kim barkers tales from afghanistan get a truthy hollywood.
Whiskey tango foxtrot the taliban shuffle mti by kim. Whiskey tango foxtrot, the renamed, reissued taliban shuffle, will launch its interpretive dance on feb. Kim barker was the chicago tribunes south asia bureau chief from 2004 to 2009, much of which she spent living in and reporting from afghanistan and. With bhutto gone, i needed to meet the lion of punjab, or maybe the tiger. The taliban shuffle by kim barker, 2011, doubleday, 303 pgs.
Before her first trips as a fillin correspondent in south asia in 2001, current propublica reporter barker had little overseas experience. Kim barker was a journalist who worked as a south asia bureau chief for the chicago times from 2004 till 2009. Pritchard global peace fellow on tuesday, february 9, 2016, the global perspectives welcomed journalist and author kim barker to ucf. Strange days in afghanistan and pakistan offers an on the spot journalists perspective of afghanistan and pakistan. Based on her book taliban shuffle, the movie, which opens march 1, stars tina fey in the. No matterher stories about islamic militants and shaky reconstruction were soon overshadowed by the bigger news in iraq. Strange days in afghanistan and pakistan, a dark comedic take on her time in s. The taliban shuffle is part war memoir, part tale of selfdiscovery that, thanks to barkers biting honesty and wry wit, manages to be both hilarious and. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. This book is a memoir of the years kim barker spent in central asia as a journalist for the chicago tribune. Some fans rode around with stuffed toy lions strapped to their cars. Taliban shuffle by kim barker, 9780307477385, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook.
Whiskey tango foxtrot is a 2016 american biographical war comedydrama film directed by glenn ficarra and john requa, and written by robert carlock, based on the memoir the taliban shuffle. Available on kindle ebook and can be read on any device with the free kindle. Ms barker became the correspondent for the chicago tribune in afghanistan at the beginning of the war and was able to provide some keen insights about what went wrong. Not surprisingly, tina fey soon bought the movie rights. At first an awkward newbie in afghanistan, she grows. The author interviewed only a handful of imprisoned taliban hangerson p. The book follows her as she dodges bombs, cultivates sources, and finds her place in a community of expats, government officials, and other journalists clamoring for the next big story. Book kim barker for speaking, events and appearances apb. Strange days in afghanistan and pakistan, a dark comedic take on her time in south asia, was published by doubleday. Mar 22, 2011 join author and foreign correspondent kim barker as she talks about her years reporting on the forgotten war, doing the taliban shuffle between afghanistan and pakistan after the u. Mar 06, 2012 kim barker was the south asia bureau chief for the chicago tribune from 2004 to 2009, based in new delhi and islamabad. The taliban shuffle strange days in afghanistan and. The taliban shuffle foreign correspondent kim barkers personal account of reporting in afghanistan and pakistan, the taliban shuffle, is a fiercely.
No one seemed to know which feline nawaz sharif was nicknamed after. To the people of afghanistan and pakistan, who are still waiting for the punchline. A memoir of the five years the writer spent reporting from afghanistan and pakistan after the overthrow of the taliban in 2001. Covering her adventures in pakistan and afghanistan as a foreign reporter for the chicago tribune, the taliban shuffle is a sardonic, satirical piece of longform journalism. From the taliban shuffle by kim barker published by doubleday. Strange days in afghanistan and pakistan by bethany. Aptly named, kim barkers new book is a shuffle a shuffle of her own personal travails during her time as a south asia bureau chief from 200409 for the chicago literature in the form of books, essays and articles by prominent historians, journalists and other experts which are not only profound and insightful, but also give a detailed. She chats tuesday, march 22, at noon et, about her new book the taliban shuffle and her experiences abroad. But her life changed in the aftermath of 911, when she presented herself to the chicago tribune as an ideal candidate for.
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