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While I am quite sure that requests of this nature are common, and often tossed away without a moment’s notice or care, I would love for you to take a moment of time and consider carefully and fully the contents of this proposition.
My name is Toby, and I am a soon to be graduate at the University of North Texas, with double majors in Psychology and Political Science, and fluencies in French, Arabic, and English. My traveling and writing partner would be of a similar background, with majors in similar fields, fluent in a few widely used languages as well, with substantial travel abroad.
My idea is simple; a fully pictorially supported book, in half diary (from both viewpoints) / half report form, based on travels in the most desolate and hostile regions in the world. We would focus on the intelligent, but always overlooked middle and lower class, the unknown street merchants of Iran, the oil workers in Syria, the restaurant owners in central Lebanon, and we would fully interview and reside with them for a couple of weeks at a time. We would repeat this process several times over in multiple locations throughout Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. This painted portrait would hopefully eliminate some of the negative stigma constantly delivered by the news media, the portrait that the everyman in the “Axis of evil” countries believes in the Tyranny of America, and, more importantly to the publisher, would feed the overgrown hunger our commercial population has for “real” news and information. The popularity of John Stewart, Stephen Colbert, and independent news sites and literature again is marking the trend away from traditional sensationalist journalism and the thirst for the real situation. A book by college students especially, fresh from a political science and research background, would be easily marketable as some of the first politically untainted views from the inside since 9/11.
All I need to begin this project is a relatively small amount of funding, easily recoupable from book sales, and the legitimacy of a publisher’s backing for any higher class interviews interspersed throughout. Traveling and lodging fees, and minor living expenses is all I would ask for or need. I know this idea is far fetched, but the investment for the payout is huge (and not just monetary). Please contact me if interested,
Toby S.