Jennifer Steil

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Book Review: The Woman Who Fell from the Sky: An American Journalist in Yemen

From The New York Times

The Woman Who Fell from the Sky: How a New Yorker Resembles a Giraffe, a Third Sex

From PopMatters

Too Many Americans Don’t Know About Yemen

From Forbes.com

Making news in Yemen- the story of Jennifer Steil

Radio Interview From ABC Tasmania

Scandal in Yemen? New Travel Memoir

From A Traveler’s Library

The Woman Who Fell From the Sky by Jennifer Steil

From literatlas.com

Teaching the power of the press in Yemen

From the Groton Advantage newspaper in Massachusetts

Jennifer Steil on Foreign Memoirs

From FiveBooks

Review by Tahir Shah, Author of The Caliph’s House and In Arabian Nights
Praise for the Book
"Steil puts humanity and color into her description of a country most Americans know only as a desert haven for terrorists. Her affection for Yemen and its people will make readers want to see it for themselves. A lovely book that offers a large measure of cultural understanding in a region that is too easily misunderstood and caricatured."
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Most Recent Post
Dust storm

I was sitting in Tim’s office downstairs, working on my website, when it happened. Our babysitter Rahel was outside in the garden with the baby, and had left the front door slightly ajar so that she’d be able to get back in. The day—like almost every day in Sana’a—had been clear and sunny. Suddenly I [...]

Latest Blog Entries
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