Twelfth in a beautiful series of paintings by Baghdad Artist

Written by Mixmax on his blog Mix Mode
They are four kidnapped! No, the number is 5: one financial expert and his four bodyguards were kidnapped from inside the ministry of finance. The whole world is turning upside down for those 5 British nationals (some sources says they are in fact German); the spokesman for the [...]

(Cross Posted from Global Voices Online)
Everything is here this week… from going to schools in a war zone, review of the latest political scene in Iraq, must-see video blogs, stories of extreme bravery and extreme pathos, a $1000 KFC meal, and if you read to the end, how gays cruise in Amman.
If you read no [...]

Written on Monday, April 30th, 2007 by Faiza al-Araji for her blog “A family in Baghdad” and cross-posted to the Olivebranch Network.
Peace be upon you.
I haven’t written for a long time, I no longer have the temperament to write.
I don’t know; is it because of the silly, frustrating news from Baghdad, the continuance of violence, [...]

Not sure on which side I should lie, back seems to be a lesser evil, one shot to the head or stomach I’d be painlessly dead in no time, front means I could get a bullet in my spinal cord and end up like mum’s friend; a vegetable because of one tiny metal chunk fired [...]

It’s been an amazing time here in the U.S.
I finished my first year of school a few days ago and only one more year to go. I am about to embark on a new journey that will take me to Washington D.C. to be a fully equipped reporter in the United States for the [...]

(Cross Posted from Global Voices Online)
This week blogs have covered a steadily deteriorating situation in Iraq. Things are not so much going from bad to worse, but from worse to appalingly worse. Also read about a visit to the Iraqi ID office and one blogger gets to answer readers’ questions.
But first, my condolences go out [...]

A bright ray of sun coming in through the window shades woke me up. My head was pounding and my mouth was dry as if I were sleeping in the desert. I opened my eyes slowly trying to reduce the light’s unforgiving effect on my pupils. I scanned the room. My full-bookcase, my TV, an [...]

The administration and editing team apologise for the recent lull in posting frequency and promised to return to a normal level of activity in the coming weeks!

For 48 long hours, mum had fitful sleeps, hairy nightmares, frightening what-might-happens – not because we have not seen those things known as City Electricity or Tap Water for over a week – and muttering uninterruptible words – not to curse the government or wonder if they too have mosquitoes and scorching bedrooms. All this [...]