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Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. Riverbend is the pseudonym of a young iraqi blogger. Jun 17, 2005 riverbend, girl blog from iraq as she dubs herself, was a computer programmer before the war not any more. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Her passion, honesty, and wry idiomatic english made her work a vital contribution to our understanding of postwar iraq and won her a large following. Riverbend is the pseudonymous author of the blog baghdad burning, launched august 17, 2003.

It was in the period of 2003 2007 that her blog opened my eyes and the eyes of many, showing us what liberation is like to iraqi people. 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. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. The mountain distracts me, as it does many iraqis especially those from baghdad. Educated partly outside of iraq, she was a computer programmer prior to the war. Once a computer programmer who enjoyed considerable personal freedom, after baghdad s fall, riverbend finds herself unemployed and largely restricted to the safety of her familys home. Calling herself riverbend, she offered searing eyewitness accounts of the everyday realities on the ground, punctuated by astute analysis on the politics behind events.

Baghdad burning is a quotidian chronicle of riverbends life with her family between april 2003 and september of 2004. Girl blog from iraq first feminist press edition edition. Riverbend, the young iraqi woman whose articulate, even poetic prose packs an emotional punch, continues her blog from her hometown of baghdad the new york times. Great supplemental information for school essays and projects. With the internet, we are now able to read accounts of war by noncombatants who are not journalists while the war is happening, even as armies invade and bombs fall someone has called iraq the first postmodern war in that we get simultaneous reports of what is happening from many different points of. In august 2003, the world english gained access to a remarkable new voice. Baghdad burning girl blog from iraq riverbend by iva. Riverbend s 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.

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Baghdad burning tells the story of a young girl living in iraq when the united states is occupying the country. Riverbend is the pseudonym of a woman who in 2003 began writing a blog relating her first hand experiences of the us invasion and then occupation of her native iraq and the resulting rise of religious fundamentalism. Baghdad burning girl blog from iraq riverbend issuu. To the internet archive community, time is running out. Jan 05, 2007 riverbend is a muslim whose middleclass baghdad family and neighborhood combine both sunni and shia adherents. April 9, 20 marks ten years since the fall of baghdad. Riverbend s 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.

Her passion, honesty, and wry idiomatic english made her work a vital contribution to our understanding of postwar iraqand won her a large following. Riverbend, the pseudonymous recipient of a lettre ulysses award for the art of literary reportage, continues her chronicle of daily life in occupied baghdad. Girl blog from iraq by riverbend in august 2003, the world gained access to a remarkable new voice. Riverbend is the pseudonym of a woman who in 2003 began writing a blog relating her first hand experiences of the us invasion and then occupation of her native iraq. In her diary of the occupation, she describes the new, confined way of life. Riverbend anonymous iraqi womans blog gives a human face to war and occupation. Riverbend, girl blog from iraq as she dubs herself, was a computer programmer before the war not any more. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read baghdad burning. Girl blog from iraq, received the lettre ulysses award for the art of literary reportage. In august 2003 a young iraqi blogger began reporting her experien. Girl blog from iraq riverbend, author, aliyah mamduh, author, james ridgeway, introduction by, foreword by ahdaf soueif, intro. Volume 2, october 2004 through august 2006 by riverbend. Top 10 books about the iraq war books the guardian. 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.

This is not so much a book as a collection of blogs written by a. Its been months, well probably years since i last time opened riverbends blog. Aug 17, 2003 study questions, project ideas and discussion topics based on important themes running throughout baghdad burning. Riverbends existence and identity remain a mystery, but the weblog entries suggest that she is a young iraqi woman from a mixed. Once a computer programmer in a modern, secular state, riverbend discusses with honesty and acute political awareness the changes that resulted in the rise of religious fundamentalism. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The previous compilation of her blog writing, baghdad burning. Girl blog from iraq by baghdad burning requirementsepub reader, 1. Northern iraq is full of mountains, but the rest of iraq is quite flat. The girl narrating the story is a very strong and independent woman. Girl blog from iraq, a collection of a years blogs reporting on the realities of war and occupation by an iraqi woman who has called herself riverbend was. Baghdad burning is a quotidian chronicle of riverbends life with her family between april. In august 2003, the world gained access to a remarkable new voice.