Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?
Apr 2008 · Sold by Random House
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A witty companion to the acclaimed documentary Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?, from the Academy Award–nominated filmmaker and director of Super Size Me
A jittery father-to-be, Morgan Spurlock had a simple question: If OBL is behind 9/11 and all the ensuing worldwide chaos, then why can’t we just catch him? And furthermore, why is his message so compelling to so many people? So the intrepid Spurlock kissed his anxious wife goodbye and—armed with a complete lack of knowledge, experience, or expertise—set out to make the world safe and find the most wanted man on Earth.
After beefing up his basic knowledge of OBL, Islam, and the Global War on Terror—and learning how to treat “sucking chest wounds” in a “Surviving Hostile Regions” training course—he hits the Osama trail. He zigzags the globe, drawing ever closer to the heart of darkness near the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, where OBL was rumored to be hiding. Along the way he interviews imams and princes, refugees and soldiers, academics and terrorists. He visits European ghettos where youth aspire to global jihad, breaks the Ramadan fast with Muslims in Cairo, rides in the bomb squad van in Tel Aviv, and writes his blood type on his Kevlar vest at a U.S. base outside of Kandahar. And then the fun really starts.
Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden? is a humorous, globe-spanning romp about terrorism and the conflict that cast a shadow across America and the world.
A jittery father-to-be, Morgan Spurlock had a simple question: If OBL is behind 9/11 and all the ensuing worldwide chaos, then why can’t we just catch him? And furthermore, why is his message so compelling to so many people? So the intrepid Spurlock kissed his anxious wife goodbye and—armed with a complete lack of knowledge, experience, or expertise—set out to make the world safe and find the most wanted man on Earth.
After beefing up his basic knowledge of OBL, Islam, and the Global War on Terror—and learning how to treat “sucking chest wounds” in a “Surviving Hostile Regions” training course—he hits the Osama trail. He zigzags the globe, drawing ever closer to the heart of darkness near the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, where OBL was rumored to be hiding. Along the way he interviews imams and princes, refugees and soldiers, academics and terrorists. He visits European ghettos where youth aspire to global jihad, breaks the Ramadan fast with Muslims in Cairo, rides in the bomb squad van in Tel Aviv, and writes his blood type on his Kevlar vest at a U.S. base outside of Kandahar. And then the fun really starts.
Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden? is a humorous, globe-spanning romp about terrorism and the conflict that cast a shadow across America and the world.
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About the author
Morgan Spurlock is an award-winning writer, producer, and director. A graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Spurlock directed and starred in Super Size Me, one of the highest-grossing documentaries of all time. That movie earned him an Oscar nomination in the Best Documentary Feature category, Best Director at the Sundance and Edinburgh film festivals, Best Documentary from the New York Film Critics Circle Online, and Best Documentary nominations from the National Board of Review and The Broadcast Film Critics Association. Spurlock also produced documentary films such as What Would Jesus Buy? and the acclaimed FX television show 30 Days. He is the author of Don’t Eat This Book: Fast Food and the Supersizing of America and Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden? Morgan Spurlock died in 2024.
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