Perception Wars: Iraq from the Outside In

This book is Metti's journey to
Iraq under extraordinary family
circumstances. It describes personal and
academic challenges he encountered
by the need to acclimate to a new
language and culture.
This story is also a depiction of cultural
rejection aggravated by assimilation
issues: He was compelled to live in
places not of his choosing; to master
a tongue alien to his childhood; and
to feel out of place every time he
stepped outside the hospitable and
generous embrace of his extended Iraqi
family into the corporal punishment
landmines of Iraqi education.