fallaci

yesterday, i came across an article about an adrenaline junky and offence-playing interviewer and journalist who unsettled men of power with her words and not her legs, mostly. oriana fallaci.
her last years seem to have been tainted with bitter racism and xenophobia, but look at her being the only woman interviewing khomeini in 1979 and taking off her chador in front of him. look at her going to dozens of war zones and recording so much history. look at her asking the last shah of iran: “if i were an iranian… and criticised you, would you throw me in jail?” and him replying, “probably.” 
i remember attempting to read her book 'inshallah' about 15 years ago, and not quite getting it, not understanding what all the fuss was about.  perhaps it's time to give her words another go.  perhaps.