At the time of the 9/11 attacks , Smith was working as an editor at '' The Village Voice '' and a contributor to '' ArtForum '' . By his own account in his book , '' The Strong Horse '' , Smith was dissatisfied with the Orientalist explanations of the Muslim world as presented by Edward Said , whom he had met and spoken with about the region . As a result , he took a job as a foreign correspondent for '' The Weekly Standard '' and spent years reporting from the region
9/11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Lee Smith (journalist)