Light Blue American Ford by James Porteous

Cal Fitzroy, an old-school TV guy, loses his wife and his job and then, quite accidentally, ends up in Doha, Qatar. It is not long before Cal runs afoul of their kafala system and soon discovers he is facing yet-another unfathomable choice: Should he starve in Doha or join the rebels in their fight for freedom in the hills of an unknown Middle Eastern country.