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Off the Beaten Path Bookstore: Daniel Levin in conversation with Bob Lingle

Off the Beaten Path Bookstore: Daniel Levin in conversation with Bob Lingle, August 19, 2021

In Proof of Life, Levin dives deep into the shadows–an underground industry of war where everything is for sale, including arms, drugs, and even people. He offers a fasci­nating study of how people use leverage to get what they want from one another and of a place where no one does a favor without wanting something in return, whether it’s immediately or years down the road.

The Burn Bag Podcast ‘Proof of Life’

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The Burn Bag Podcast: “Proof of Life”: Vanishing into the Middle Eastern Underworld with Daniel Levin, August 16, 2021

In this episode, A’ndre and Ryan talk with Daniel Levin about his new book, Proof of Life: Twenty Days on the Hunt for Missing Person in the Middle EastDaniel recounts the thrilling, brutal, and real-life story of how he was tasked with finding a Westerner who had gone missing in Syria, navigating the Middle Eastern underworld to find this man whose story had largely been ignored by governments and those in power. The backdrop of hostage executions by ISIS in Syria and Iraq looms large over the story, but Daniel’s journey to find this man takes him to meetings with sheikhs, drug dealers, and other powerful and seedy individuals, while encountering others who are of noble and honorable spirit and victims of circumstance, juxtaposing the significant dynamics that present itself in a region racked by conflict. Daniel, who is an armed-conflicts negotiator, gives us a deep insight into the war economy that has come to dominate parts of the Middle East, with a unique, on-the-ground perspective that is at times tragic but hopeful.

Canada Talks on Sirius XM with Dahlia Kurtz: Proof of Life – true stories from Daniel Levin, international hostage negotiator in the Middle East

Canada Talks on Sirius XM with Dahlia Kurtz: Proof of Life – true stories from Daniel Levin, international hostage negotiator in the Middle East, August 5, 2021

“Daniel Levin (Writer, Attorney, & Political commentator) joined Good Mornings with Dahlia Kurtz on Canada Talks, SiriusXM channel 167.”