Mikal Hem
Mikal Hem has worked as journalist and political commentator for the newspapers Bergens Tidende, Dagblade, and Verdens Gang as well as the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. He researched media censorship in authoritarian regimes at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University and has traveled extensively as a reporter, spending periods in Africa and the countries of the former Soviet Union. During his childhood, his family lived for a time in Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe. He currently resides in Oslo, Norway.
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How to Be a Dictator
- By: Mikal Hem
- Narrator: Ramiz Monsef
- Length: 5 hours 46 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2017
- Language: English
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A tongue-in-cheek guide to becoming a dictator, based on the outrageous, scandalous, and excessive behavior of dictators past and present
Who hasn’t dreamed of one day ruling your own country? Along with great power comes unlimited influence,... Read more
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