Cross posted from first words, first walk, first…. in IRAQ
Having the afternoon tea was the hardest thing for me throughout the early days that followed my brother’s detention. I used to look at his favourite teacup and wonder why am I serving three cups instead of the usual four. I was never a tea fan, [...]

Last night I did something really interesting, for me at least. I went to a Jewish Friday night dinner! I am really interested in meeting people from all over the world and being in the place where I am is a great opportunity to meet different people. I want to meet people from all religions [...]

(Cross Posted from Global Voices Online)
Todays post is full of revelations. Find out what is really behind all the violence in Iraq … where the Iraqi government is these days … original reactions to the Pope’s comments on Islam … a recipe for a failed state … if Jews and Muslims really do get along [...]

(Cross Posted from Global Voices Online)
I [give] up sometimes… when I wake up in the morning [to] the sound of bomb. I feel like… someone took my heart and returned it back to my body…. Just like the computer… if you are working and it’s suddenly turned off, you might lose the file you work [...]

[This post written by Khalid Jarrar for his blog “Secrets in Baghdad” July 30, 2005 and cross posted to the Olivebranch Network]
On Thursday, the judge decided that I was innocent. He figured out that the papers were from a public forum, and he didn’t find any comments posted by me.
I wasn’t released till Saturday morning, [...]

[This post written by Khalid Jarrar for his blog “Secrets in Baghdad” July 30, 2005 and cross posted to the Olivebranch Network]
They asked me all the questions you can ask anyone but they did it very fast. They took the name of my teachers, my friends, even my colleagues and the girls in my class. [...]

[This story written by Khalid Jarrar for his blog “Secrets in Baghdad” July 30, 2005 and cross posted to the Olivebranch Network]
Next thing I know a very fat policeman entered the small room, asked me to face the wall, searched me again, took my money and glasses, put a bag on my head and handcuffs [...]

[This story written by Khalid Jarrar for his blog "Secrets in Baghdad" July 30, 2005 and cross posted to the Olivebranch Network]
I found myself….
Sleeping in a grave-size space, defined by two walls touching both my head my and feet, and surrounded with human bodies touching me from both sides, in a way that hardly leaves [...]

We often tend not to realize something that has been under our noses for too long until suddenly it hits us in one of these truth moments. I am happy with my latest discovery and want to announce it here hopefully it will be an inspiration to my good Iraqi friends to help them find [...]

(This post was published in December but I had to delete it for some reasons at that time, enjoy it)
Hello friends I received a letter from my friend telling me that a famous actor mentioned my blog address in an interview he said:
Hello Sunshine,
I am predicting that you will have many new friends in the [...]