(Cross Posted from Global Voices Online)
(3adma announcing the victory of the Iraqi football team in the Asian Cup) With Iraq, very much the underdog, winning the Asian Cup I have another football special today.
(Baghdad Connect suggests a new Iraqi Flag)
You know, a few years back an Israeli, seeing that I was reading a book about [...]

Today was a different day, a really nice day. We, Iraqis, achieved a great success. We won the football games to reach the finals and qualified for the semi-final round for the second time for the first time in 31 years. The Iraqi team qualified to the same round in the Championship. The Iraqi team [...]

I have never been emotionally attached to any of the flats or houses my family have moved into. Moving was so recurrent in our lives that reduced playmates and neighbours to nameless blurry faces that are better forgotten, because after all, to them I don’t even look familiar.
One of the bad experiences I had as [...]

This post was written by Sunshine for her blog “Days of my Life” and cross posted to the Olivebranch Network
Thursday, April 28, 2005
In 2000-2001 I had a problem with my eyes called Diplopia. It happened in school and I would see near objects doubled. Anyway, the ophthalmologist at the time recommended some eye exercises. [...]

(Cross Posted from Global Voices Online)
Politics is the order of the day this week. Events in Iraq can be confusing at the best of times - so why not let Iraqi bloggers put things straight. But it is not all dry subjects, I also have snipers in Baghdad, two weddings and a funeral. And, if [...]

This post was written by Fatima for her blog “Thoughts From Baghdad” and cross-posted to the Olivebranch Network.

Bilal and my oldest the night before we left Baghdad. December 2006.
My husband is here from Baghdad for a short visit. We spend a lot of time at his parents house with his cousin ‘A’ who is [...]

(Cross Posted from Global Voices Online)
There is a lot on the menu in my post today. Reactions to the Iraqi bomber in London, the siege of Adhamiya, stories of exile, a little politics. And Chikitita borrowed a camera this week and took some snapshots of her daily life. I’ll be dotting these around my post [...]

[admin]: My long-term girlfriend and I just recently bought a nice 4×2 house in a good area and have been busy moving in, my apology for any unmoderated messages or posts our phone and internet connections have not yet been transferred to the new house.

I could hear the tears she was trying to stifle on my end of the phone. I had nothing to say but we will meet someday, not so sure of course, but I had to say something. My friend is one of those people, to whom the idea of leaving has always been out of [...]