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Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Riverbend is the pseudonymous author of the blog baghdad burning, launched august 17, 2003. The book version of this blog will have valueadded features. Riverbends identity is carefully hidden, but the weblog entries suggest that riverbend is a young iraqi woman from a mixed shia and sunni family, living with her parents and brother in baghdad. Authored by an anonymous iraqi woman living in baghdad and going by the name riverbend online, girl blog from iraq has become one of the most intriguing and insightful voices to emerge from iraq. Baghdad burning is a collection of entries from the popular iraqi web log girl blog from iraq.
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Baghdad burning tells the story of a young girl living in iraq when the united states is occupying the country. At night, qasiyoun blends into the black sky and the only indication of its presence is a multitude of little, glimmering spots of light houses and restaurants built right up there on the. Educated partly outside of iraq, she was a computer programmer prior to the war. May 09, 2005 baghdad burning is the only woman blog to come out of iraq. The girl narrating the story is a very strong and independent woman. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find. Her passion, honesty, and wry idiomatic english made her work a vital contribution to our understanding of postwar iraqand won her a large following. Rent baghdad burning girl blog from iraq 1st edition 9781558614895 and save up to 80% on textbook rentals and 90% on used textbooks. Riverbends existence and identity remain a mystery, but the weblog entries suggest that she is a young iraqi woman from a mixed shia and sunni family, living with her parents and brother in baghdad. Riverbend is the pseudonym of a young iraqi blogger. Since the fall of bagdad, womens voices have been largely erased, but four months after saddam husseins statue fell, a 24 yearold woman from baghdad began blogging.
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Apr 11, 2005 a remarkable young iraqi girl began, day by day, to tell the story of her life in baghdad on her online blog bhagdad burning as her way of life and her civilization were gradually torn apart around her. August through december 2003 january through march 2004 april through september 2004 presents the internet blog entries of a young iraqi woman living in baghdad as she chronicles the hardships and complexities of daily life and the intricacies of the political situation during the first year of the iraqi 2003 invasion. With a foreword by ahdaf soueif, the book tells of the fear involved in living in occupied baghdad, where the power comes on for 2 hours in the middle of the night and shells and gunfire can be heard at all times. The second book tells a far more rarely told, but equally vivid, story of those same people coming. Whatever ones view is on the iraq war, whether still fixed or changed from the beginning, baghdad burning i and baghdad burning ii are mustreads. Riverbend, author, aliyah mamduh, author, james ridgeway, introduction by, foreword by ahdaf. The uncensored sphere of the internet has permitted the free exchange of ideas and rapid dissemination of information. In august 2003, the world english gained access to a remarkable new voice. The work gives a more honest view of what is happening inside a country the united states knew very. In 2003, a twentyfouryearold woman from baghdad began blogging about life in the city under the pseudonym riverbend. Riverbend anonymous iraqi womans blog gives a human face to war and occupation. Girl blog from iraq by baghdad burning requirementsepub reader, 1. Baghdad burning girl blog from iraq 1st edition rent.
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Northern iraq is full of mountains, but the rest of iraq is quite flat. Girl blog from iraq first feminist press edition by riverbend author visit amazons riverbend page. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read baghdad burning. Girl blog from iraq edition 1 available in paperback, nook book. Delaware county district library ohio scanned in china. More girl blog from iraq riverbend, author, james ridgeway, introduction by, jean casella, introduction by, intro. Aug 17, 2003 the book account of baghdad burning is unlike most other novels with characters, plot, and a significant resolution towards the end. For more than a year, this anonymous girl blog has made the war and occupation real in terms that no professional journalist could hope to achieve.
Girl blog from iraq riverbend in august 2003, the world gained access to a remarkable new voice. She describes rolling blackouts, intermittent water access, daily explosions, gas shortages and travel restrictions. In her diary of the occupation, she describes the new, confined way of life. Baghdad burning a young womens diary from a war zone. Presents the internet blog entries of a young iraqi woman living in baghdad as she chronicles the hardships and complexities of daily life and the intricacies of the political situation during the. Baghdad burning is a quotidian chronicle of riverbends life with her family between april 2003 and september of 2004. Once a computer programmer who enjoyed considerable personal freedom, after baghdads fall, riverbend finds herself unemployed and largely restricted to the safety of her. Riverbends aim is to raise understanding between iraqis and americans while she stands up against stereotypes on both sides. Girl blog from iraq 2005, was an intriguing, wideranging document, exploring both the mundanities of daily deprivation and the complexities of iraq s political predicament. Baghdad burning girl blog from iraq by riverbend author james ridgeway author of.