A state grand jury in Orleans Parish has indicted Abdulrahman Zeitoun, the protagonist of Dave Eggers' acclaimed 2009 book of post-Katrina love and injustice, for allegedly trying to kill his wife and ...

RELATED: New Orleans Cops Guilty of Conspiracy in Katrina Shooting In Eggers' book, Zeitoun was depicted as a good man who was wrongfully arrested while helping his neighbors in post-Katrina New ...

Abdulrahman Zeitoun allegedly wanted wife, two others dead. August 10, 2012— -- A New Orleans man whose heroics and mistaken arrest after Hurricane Katrina were chronicled in a critically ...

Scores of New Orleanians were unjustly imprisoned when the criminal justice system collapsed after Hurricane Katrina, but Abdulrahman Zeitoun's wrongful arrest was undoubtedly one of the most ...

Subject of Dave Eggar's 'Zeitoun' in domestic abuse case Abdulrahman and Kathryn Zeitoun had reportedly separated over finances but were living next door to each other when the incident occurred. The ...

One of the heroes of Hurricane Katrina has now become a villain. Abdulrahman Zeitoun was the man, wrongfully arrested and thrown in jail for 23 days, that celebrated writer Dave Eggers chose to focus ...

A state appeals court has upheld the conviction of Abdulrahman Zeitoun, whose heroic reputation for rescue efforts after Hurricane Katrina was tainted by the years of harassment he directed toward his ...

After Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans, Abdulrahman Zeitoun canoed through the city, rescuing neighbors and bringing them bottled water - until he was wrongfully arrested by the police. His ...

If it were up to Kathy Zeitoun, her ex-husband would be locked up until peace comes to Syria. But that’s not what happened. Abdulrahman Zeitoun — a New Orleans painting contractor who became a ...

In Eggers' book, Zeitoun was depicted as a good man who was wrongfully arrested while helping his neighbors in post-Katrina New Orleans. In his review, The New York Times' Timothy Egan described ...