Amjad M. Tadros
News Producer and author of
The Accidental Journalist
Untold stories from the Iraq War and more
وَما هُوَ عَنها بِالحَديثِ المُرَجَّمِ
وَما الحَربُ إِلّا ما عَلِمتُم وَذُقتُمُ
Zuhair bin Abi Salma, a pre-Islamic sixth century Arab poet and philosopher.
War is only what you have seen and tasted, no vain words can describe it well.
The Book
Front Row Seat
Why does a war start? What motivates a defector to fabricate a story about his country even if it means death for his countrymen? What drives a man to take his own life and those of unknown strangers in a suicide attack? Where do extremist ideologies come from? How does a small country, both in size and population, position itself to become a regional heavyweight? What is the real difference between watching the news on television and witnessing it in person? Is it worth dying in pursuit of the truth?
Drawing from firsthand accounts and anicides, Amjad M. Tadros, the Middle East Producer for CBS News and four-time Emmy Award-winning investigative journalist addresses these questions—and many more. Some can be answered; many will never be. "Front Row Seat" tells the history of the Middle East and will transform the reader’s understanding of one of the world's most tumultuous regions. The key takeaway of this book is that more often than not, the turbulent happenings in the Middle East are rooted in misunderstandings between the Arab and Western worlds.
Amjad, living between the two worlds, searches for the heart of every story as he journeys across the region, to bombed-out cities, to desert plane crashes, to palaces overflowing with wealth. Along the way, he encounters dictators, rebels, politicians, fighters, artists, and people from every walk of life. He tells about the many missed opportunities that have changed the course of world history forever, illustrating that the small things in life do matter, that every small thread affects the tapestry.
BIO
Amjad M. Tadros is an award-winning investigative journalist with more than 30 years of experience reporting from the Middle East. He is the Middle East Producer for CBS News and the recipient of four Emmy Awards for investigative journalism, two Alfred duPont Awards, and a Peabody Award co-recipient. He is the co-founder and Board Chairman of Syria Direct, an independent media organization that trains aspiring Syrian journalists, for which he was named the 2017 John P. McNulty Prize Laureate. Amjad is a fellow of the Middle East Leadership Initiative of the Aspen Global Leadership Network at the Aspen Institute.
Amjad has covered stories throughout the Middle East and Africa. His foray into journalism began in 1990 when he was hired as a runner by CBS News. Little did he realize at the time that he would be embarking on an illustrious and long career as an investigative journalist. The accidental beginning soon became an intentional adventure in producing network news. Amjad has reported from war zones while dodging bullets and missiles, been visited by Saddam Hussein in a hospital bed while wearing only his underwear and one sock, witnessed the death of kings, dined with sheikhs, and chased after terrorists. The common thread among all of these experiences has always been one thing: discovering and reporting the truth.
CONTACT
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Tel: +962 788 221 227 | amtadros@gmail.com
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