Sixth in a beautiful series of paintings by Baghdad Artist

Cross posted from First Words, First Walk….First in Iraq
They say “When I’m right nobody remembers, when I’m wrong everybody forgets.” Yet that does not apply to the Iraqi people. Griping over electricity shortage, among many other dysfunctions, may be their all-time favourite subject but when it exists they do express their satisfaction and one [...]

This post was written by Konfused Kid for his blog “Iraqi Konfused Kollege Kid” and cross-posted to the Olivebranch Network.
The first taxi I rode was on 10:45 AM. He was mostly silent, the only conversation we had was:
“Directly to the university?”
“Yes.”
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“Mighty cold, don’t you think.”
“Mmm-hmm.”
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The second taxi I rode was on 11:10 AM. He [...]

Written by 24steps for his blog “24 steps to liberty” and cross posted to the Olivebranch Network.
It is clear that the marriage between the U.S. administration and the Iraqi government is on its way to end. The exchange of accusations and sharp criticism between the two former love-birds has accelerated to be the talk of [...]

This post was written by Zuzu for her blog “No Pain, No Gain” and cross posted to the Olivebranch Network.
Having watched President Bush’s live speech to the US public for his decision to send 21,500 troops to Iraq and seeing the mass of reactions towards it during daily discussions with Iraqis and westerners, over [...]

The Olivebranch Network was encountering some issues which have finally been resolved. I hope there was not too much inconvenience caused; I am looking into exactly what was the cause and how to prevent it from re-occuring. The cause was most likely caused by huge amounts of SPAM being recorded in the wp_comments database.
In simpler [...]

Cross posted from First Words, First Walk… First in Iraq
Say University of Mustansiriyya and you’ll find countless words to describe it, “Baathists, women staff and students outnumber men, glamorous girls, extremists, dim-witted students, lenient teachers, too much fun, do they ever study! They still have bells like those in primary schools, government’s favourite propaganda theatre…. [...]

This post was written by Faiza al-Araji for her blog and cross posted to the Olivebranch Network.
Peace be upon you
These days I’m in Cairo on a short visit. I came to spend the feast holiday with my son Majid as he is living and studying here. The weather is warm- I ran from the [...]

Brazillian cartoonist Latuff’s take on the repercussions of the execution.
Over at Global Voices I have posted my opinion on blogger reactions to the execution of Saddam Hussain. Go there and read it and tell me what you think.

thoughts on a new year,