The Pirates of Somalia

Posted on 21 April 2017 by Jay Bahadur

Prev ed Pirates of Somalia New York Pantheon Books, 2011. New Read [ The Pirates of Somalia ] by [ Jay Bahadur ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Update I think I understand it now If you accept that piracy is an unacceptable term to the government, because it is illegal, then if they are called coastguards, they are no longer scum, criminals, but praiseworthy individuals doing their duty So therefore if the country s biggest and most boastful pirate who headed 20 pirate organisations now says he is reformed and a coastguard protecting the country from illegal fishing vessels, everyone is happy Except the shipping companies who cou Update I think I understand it now If you accept that piracy is an unacceptable term to the government, because it is illegal, then if they are called coastguards, they are no longer scum, criminals, but praiseworthy individuals doing their duty So therefore if the country s biggest and most boastful pirate who headed 20 pirate organisations now says he is reformed and a coastguard protecting the country from illegal fishing vessels, everyone is happy Except the shipping companies who couldn t care less what name you call the people with AK 47s boarding them and demanding ransoms.It also appeases the people of the country who quite likely suffer from mass cognitive dissonance and possibly khat addiction, which is wid...As somalian individual i can say this1 most somalian people are not pirates2 pirates act like our national coast guards who guards our national coasts from illegal fisherman who comes from china and north korea3 somalia is not all in war the northern parts of the country have relative peaceUnfortunately, a monotone narrator made for a dull audiobook experience but the content was fascinating Tons of historical, environmental, social, economic, and political factors at play when it comes to piracy There is a function for every behavioreven being a pirate It s called survival.My favorite quoteImprisoning them was like trying to use a bailer to drain the ocean for each pirate captured by the authorities, there were dozens of desperate young men on shore ready to rush in and Unfortunat...Somalia is one of the most dangerous countries in the world yet this young journalist chose to begin his career by investigating the piracy that has been occurring in the Puntland region of Somalia during the 21st century He interviewed pirates and the leaders of pirate gangs as well as government officials who were making an effort to end piracy He also travelled to Europe to interview hostages who had returned to their homelands after many months spent captured at sea The ransoms being paid Somalia is one of the most dangerous countries in the world yet this young journalist chose to begin his career by investigating the piracy that has been occurring in the Puntland region of Somalia during the 21st century He interviewed pirates and the leaders of pirate gangs as well ...Before I start in on the contents of this fascinating book, I would just like to point out that and pardon my language this author has balls of steel A few months fresh out of college, trying to break into journalism, he decides what better way to do that than to live in the heart of pirateville Puntland, and interview the headline making Somali pirates Honestly, that simply blows my mind Bahadur combines the history of Somalia with interesting chapters on life in Somalia, and it s all Before I start in on the conte...I am impressed.First, because Bahadur is so young though I think only someone young and naive would have had the guts to put themselves in this position in the first place , I did not expect it to be such a credible journalistic undertaking He struck just the right balance of story telling and researched fact And second, I certainly did not anticipate such a carefully crafted prose from someone of his inexperience Bahadur is an exceptional writer, and if he doesn t get the healthy dose of fe I am impressed.First, because Bahadur is so young though I think only someone young and naive would have had the guts to put themselves in this position in the first place , I did not expect it to be such a credible journalistic undertaking He struck just the right balance of story telling and researched fact And second, I certainly did not anticipate such a carefully crafted prose from someone of his inexperience Bahadur is an exceptional writer, and i...Another book by an investigative Canadian journalist, this time analysing the piracy phenomenon in Somalia and Puntaland I wanted to gain understanding of piracy in the 21st century and this book pretty much sated my desire with a very objective and humanistic portrayal of Somalian piracy without the gloss of large media news corporations like Al Jazeera or CNN The author found no pirate pleasure domes and Islamic militancy, instead discovered the pirates living in shacks and Islam for once Another book by an investigative Canadian journalist, this time analysing the piracy phenomenon in Somalia and Puntaland I wanted to gain understanding of piracy in the 21st century and this book pretty much sated my desire with a very objective and humanistic portrayal of Somalian piracy without the gloss of large media news corporations like Al Jazeera or CNN The author found no pirate pleasure domes and Islamic militancy, instead discovered the pirates living in shacks and Islam for once actually renouncing piracy, thus making pirates undesired individuals among the local community For me the most interesting realisation was the way Islam probably worked in helping cultivate vile practices like piracy among African cultures before the West took over Jay s pirate comes across as a mildly frightened, impoverished, rebellious, frustrated yet courageous with a fair bit of usual romance attached to the image I found this book very original and believable and most of all a welcome re...So this is the fourth book on Somali pirates that I have read and i have to say that this was one of the better ones The author gets to interview 4 or 5 pirates, a few crew from a hijacked ship, locals it just felt muchrealistic He was also attempting to debunk some of the myths about the pirates through his own observations and analysis A lot of it was rehashing other history attempted solutions that always seem to be apart of journalistic accounts like this He pulls back further fro So this is the fourth book on Somali pirates that I have re...My Review In The Pirates of Somalia Jay Bahadur talks about his investigative mission into the heart of the Somali pirate network as if he were recounting a casual family vacation to a welcoming foreign countryside Indeed, under circumstances that would prompt a fairly rapid and instinctual fleeing response from most people, Bahadur, seemingly unfazed, assumes a seat on the dirin and enjoys a relaxed day of Khat the local drug of choice and tea consumption with internationally identified cri My Review In The Pirates of Somalia Jay Bahadur talks about his investigative mission into the heart of the Somali pirate network as if he were recounting a casual family vacation to a welcoming foreign countryside Indeed, under circumstances that would prompt a fairly rapid and instinctual fleeing response from most people, Bahadur, seemingly unfazed, assumes a seat on the dirin and enjoys a relaxed day of Khat the local drug of choice and tea consumption with internationally identified criminals Apart from the blatant disregard for his own personal safety, Bahadur exposes the true world or one version of the truth of the Somali pirates successfully debunking many of the pillage, plunder, and buried booty myths that captivate the minds of thousands of Americans Who knew that Johnny Depp and Captain Hook could ge...Bahadur s The Pirates of Somalia , an investigative take on piracy off the coast of Somalia from the 2000s into the early days of the 2010s, is entertaining and manages to carry the right balance of humanity and skepticism about the people at the centre of his book, but what it has in breadth it can sometimes lack in depth.Late in the book, Bahadur mentions Sudir Ventakesh s anthropological work on the crack gang of a Chicago tenement when discussing the surprisingly low payoff relative to the Bahadur s The Pirates of Somalia , an investigative take on piracy off the coast of Somalia from the 2000s into the early days of the 2010s, is entertaining and manages to carry the right balance of humanity and skepticism about the people at the centre of his book, but what it has in breadth it can s...

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21 April 2017

Jay Bahadur