{"product_id":"no-i-dont-work-in-the-kitchen-surviving-war-torn-afghanistan-for-three-years-paperback","title":"No, I Don't Work in the Kitchen: Surviving War-Torn Afghanistan for Three Years - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVeersen Bhoolai\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Veersen Bhoolai expected challenges as a United Nations journalist working in Afghanistan in 2009 and he got them. Missing a suicide bomber by mere metres, dodging rockets; sleeping in tents in sub zero weather with no heat; sleeping on his office desk to avoid sub-zero tents and trying to use toilets with about three inches of shit piled up all over the floor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat he did not expect was to have to tolerate static from the very people with whom he worked. Despite being a Canadian citizen, he found himself occasionally looked down upon or spoken down to due to the colour of his skin. Many soldiers apparently too fixated on his face to recognize the Canadian ID on his chest. Being shouted at, having his bed kicked at night and a flashlight shone in his face in the early morning was just some of the ignorance he had to endure. Sometimes the lame response was \"Well you know what the enemy looks like.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome people have spent six months in Afghanistan and come back with stories to tell. This Trinidadian Canadian spent three years, most of it in a tent filled with farting, snoring men. This is his story from fog filled tents to waking up to the sound of bombs to watching a friend's body parts shovelled into a garbage bag after a suicide bombing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContrary to popular belief, Veersen Bhoolai never worked in the kitchen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.42 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 21, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67923739246899,"sku":"9781777681609","price":26.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/BwHlMIJ5Bq9781777681609.webp?v=1793825620","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/no-i-dont-work-in-the-kitchen-surviving-war-torn-afghanistan-for-three-years-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}