The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-baghdad-fixer-by-ilene-prusher/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Thu, 24 Sep 2026 01:52:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Baghdad Fixer, by Ilene Prusher | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-baghdad-fixer-by-ilene-prusher/ 32 32 Baghdad Fixer, by Ilene Prusher https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-baghdad-fixer-by-ilene-prusher/ Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:40:22 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=278478 Nabil al-Amari is an English teacher in Baghdad, in Saddam's Iraq, when a chance encounter with Samara Katchens, an American journalist covering the war, changes his life forever. It is April 2003 and American and British forces have recently invaded Iraq. Samara, or Sam for short, is ambitious, cynical and determined. Nabil is both fascinated and bewildered by her, and he's keen to show her things she doesn't notice in her rush to cover the news. In her determination to uncover the truth, she takes one gamble too many

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