“I was a part of the propaganda machine. I realized this right away. As Enas and I drove around with a cameraman, reporting stories on street children, wounded civilians, and cease-fires that didn’t cease anything, Mr. Nadjafi collected my footage… — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share Image
“Mr. Nadjafi collected my footage and edited it in ways that cast American troops and American policy in the worst possible light. He rewrote my scripts so that any mention of the war would be described as “the American-led invasion”… — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share Image
I'm afraid of elevators, because they are an enclosed space, but I get in. — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share
Contemplating Christmas when you are isolated and far from home brings its own unique pain. — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share
“I'd spent my life believing that people were, at heart, kind and good. This was what the world had shown me. [...] If humans… — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share
After spending 460 days as a hostage, I did emerge a fundamentally changed person. But I think, like everyone does as they grow older… — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share
I swung from one place to the next, sometimes backward, sometimes forward, capitalizing on my own momentum, knowing that at some point my arms—or,… — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share
“After almost seven months in Baghdad, I set my sights on Somalia. The reasons to do it seemed straightforward. Somalia was a mess. There… — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share
The big-time journalists generally had kidnapping insurance through their news organizations. Usually, it would pay for a crisis response company to help negotiate for… — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share
It was a slow understanding that my kidnappers really are a product of their environment. — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share
It was a slow understanding that the lack of education in a country like Somalia creates these huge social problems. — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share
“I did not mention that my father was home with his gay lover and that I was in Bangladesh on vacation from my job… — Amanda Lindhout Copy Share
