My Year in Oman: An American Experience in Arabia During the War On Terror

by Matthew Heines

Overview

What do you do when you find yourself a lone American in Arabia during the beginning of the War On Terror? A month after the September 11th attacks, the somewhat skeptical teacher and ex-paratrooper decides to take a job teaching English in the Sultanate of Oman. In spite of the warnings of friends, family and the U.S. State Department, the author arrives in Oman to find the country is nothing that he had imagined.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780990879305
Publisher:	Heinessight Enterprises
Publication date:	10/10/2005
Pages:	446
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.99(d)

About the Author

Matthew Heines - author, teacher, politician, entrepreneur, veteran - your source for fun, interesting reads and great savings on books Nonfiction - Real Adventures in Exotic Locations! Fiction - Funny and Fun! Most authors make up their stories. Matthew Heines lives his. Author, teacher and Washington State Politician Matthew Heines is a veteran of the US elite 82nd Airborne Division and holds Bachelor's and Master's Degrees from Washington State University and the University of Alaska, Anchorage. A teacher for over twenty years, Matthew Heines spent almost fourteen years teaching at the university level and as a military trainer in the Sultanate of Oman and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Matthew's adventures in these countries during the War On Terror inspired his three books about the Middle East: ★ My Year in Oman: An American Experience in Arabia During the War On Terror ★ ★ Another Year in Oman: Between Iraq and a Hard Place ★ ★ Killing Time in Saudi Arabia: An American Experience ★ all of which received acclaim in a number of venues as a complete different, and realistic, view of the Middle East in the modern era. Matthew's upbringing as a Latter-day Saint or "Mormon" and the lies that people are fooled into believing about the Church inspired: ★ Deceptions of the Ages: "Mormons" Freemasons and Extraterrestrials ★ Finally, Matthew Heines has a unique sense of humor, which is evident in all of his books, but which is no more clearly demonstrated than his latest comedy-thriller: ★ The Rainier Paradigm ★ and his introspective laugh-a-second ★ Heinessights: Wisdom of the Ages ★ Get great deals and updates on books by Matthew Heines at: • www.heinessight.com. Heinessight is always 20/20. Nonfiction - Real Adventures in Exotic Locations! Fiction - Funny and Fun! Most authors make up their stories. Matthew Heines lives his. Author, teacher and Washington State Politician Matthew Heines is a veteran of the US elite 82nd Airborne Division and holds Bachelor's and Master's Degrees from Washington State University and the University of Alaska, Anchorage. A teacher for over twenty years, Matthew Heines spent almost fourteen years teaching at the university level and as a military trainer in the Sultanate of Oman and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Matthew's adventures in these countries during the War On Terror inspired his three books about the Middle East: ★ My Year in Oman: An American Experience in Arabia During the War On Terror ★ ★ Another Year in Oman: Between Iraq and a Hard Place ★ ★ Killing Time in Saudi Arabia: An American Experience ★ all of which received acclaim in a number of venues as a complete different, and realistic, view of the Middle East in the modern era. Matthew's upbringing as a Latter-day Saint or "Mormon" and the lies that people are fooled into believing about the Church inspired: ★ Deceptions of the Ages: "Mormons" Freemasons and Extraterrestrials ★ Finally, Matthew Heines has a unique sense of humor, which is evident in all of his books, but which is no more clearly demonstrated than his latest comedy-thriller: ★ The Rainier Paradigm ★ and his introspective laugh-a-second ★ Heinessights: Wisdom of the Ages ★ Get great deals and updates on books by Matthew Heines at: • www.heinessight.com. Heinessight is always 20/20.