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    Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?
    Audiobook (abridged)5 hours

    Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?

    Written by Morgan Spurlock

    Narrated by Erik Singer

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Morgan Spurlock is a jittery father-to-be with a simple question: If OBL is behind 9/11 and all the ensuing worldwide chaos, then why can't we just catch him? And furthermore, why is his message so compelling to so many people? So the intrepid Spurlock kisses his anxious, pregnant wife goodbye and-armed with a complete lack of knowledge, experience, or expertise-sets out to make the world safe for infantkind and find the most wanted man on earth.

    After boning up on his basic knowledge of OBL, Islam, and the Global War on Terror, he hits the Osama trail. He zigzags the globe, drawing ever closer to the heart of darkness near the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, where OBL is rumored to be hiding. Along the way he interviews imams and princes, refugees and soldiers, academics and terrorists. He visits European ghettos where youth aspire to global jihad, breaks the Ramadan fast with Muslims in Cairo, and rides in the bomb squad van in Tel Aviv. And then the fun really starts.

    Companion to the acclaimed documentary, Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden? delves even deeper than the film. What listeners come away with is possibly the first-ever funny book about terrorism, as well as a greater understanding of a conflict that has cast a shadow across America and the world.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateApr 15, 2008
    ISBN9780739369906
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    • 4/5
       Far from serious, Spurlock examines some pretty weighty issues, beginning with a biography of bin Laden, detailing his transformation from trust fund baby to radical Islamic jihadist. He traces bin Laden through much of the Middle East, including Morocco, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan learning about the man’s life and influence throughout the region. During his quest, Spurlock converses with a variety of people & these voices speak (oftentimes contradictory) volumes about life in the Middle East.
    • 4/5
      With the impending birth of his first child, Spurlock takes off on a trip across the globe, taking in Britain, France, Egypt, Morocco, Israel, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and Pakistan as he seeks to find Osama and learn more about his motivations and situations that created him and to find out just what kind of a world he is going to bring a child into.