Rebels: My Life Behind Enemy Lines with Warlords, Fanatics and Not-so-Friendly Fire Paperback – 29 Jan. 2015

This is a unique story, the author's travels with rebels from Libya to Lebanon, giving a privileged view of the ordinary people trying to manage their desperate situations. The desperation of the rebels to get some media attention was palpable through out the story but the value of world opinion is fading fast as some of the rebel movements like the Kurds were openly hostile to any filming of their attacks for fear of negative world opinion. Aris has clearly undertaken some very hazardous journeys in an attempt to raise the profile of the many rebels causes spread across Middle East and Africa and deserves full credit for producing a great story which does justice to the iconic image of the perennial rebel, challenging the big media myth of terrorists running around shooting each other.The book has given me some hope, that someday when the the adrenalin of war subsides, these same ideological rebels maybe able to make a better Middle East for themselves. But for that to happen it is clear that the Middle Eastern rebel has to be kept engaged instead of rejected as a mere terrorist if peace is to be given a proper chance.

A vert personal account of life under fire.

I was hoping for an insight into what life was like for ordinary people living in a place that had been transformed into a war zone, and also to find out why ordinary people would join militias. There was an element of that but I didn't feel this was a particularly insightful book - the author could be described as an adrenalin junkie; some adrenalin junkies have enlightening things to report on areas they've visited, and some less so. I'd say this is one of the 'less so' books.

Important book from the man who was there when ISIS committed their genocide on the Yazidis. Well written, well researched, well documents, his journalism is inspiring. 5 out of 5.

Good read, Aris paints nice scenes and scenarios. Was enthralled with the descriptions of times in Libya. Stories of Mali and Sudan a little boring but equally real and reflective of the reality. Overall its a very good read, well written looking forward to the next book.

Gripping read and good detail of the surrounding scenery. All that and then the truth comes out in the end about what we should all know about these conflicts but never quite get! So true. It's opened my eyes to what I'm fed on the news. So many lives wasted.

the back page states the author had embedded himself in rebel groups for 3 years embedded is not the right term sleep over more like it. most of the writing was based on short visits the blue nile sudan chapter show the desperate need to find a story i just wished they,d get on with the fighting already he writes. as it was he did,nt find any buyers for those musings i suppose not enough action.a rather empty book

Good book