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Marawi Siege
Stories from the Front Lines
- Year
- 2020
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 248
- ISBN
- 9789719568919
- Availability
- In print
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About the book
The five-month battle for Marawi in 2017, from the soldiers, hostages, residents, officials and former fighters who lived it, by a defence journalist who covered it day by day.
This book reports the 5-month battle for Marawi in 2017. Carmela Fonbuena, a journalist who covered defence and was at the front lines, describes the fighting in a crowded city where snipers and landmines were everywhere.
She tells the story through many eyes: soldiers, hostages, displaced civilians, local officials, the MILF and former Maute Group fighters. The first chapter, "The Raid", was published by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism.
The book was one of 5 nominees for the 2021 Witold Pilecki International Book Award.
From gmanetwork.com, pcij.org, fcchk.org.
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