When it was time for me to leave the place where I have lived all my 28 years, I couldn’t help wondering what exactly am I going to miss. Now that it has been almost two months away from home, I think the picture could not be any clearer.
Maybe it’s premature for me to tell, [...]

(Cross Posted from Global Voices Online)
Can it really be true? Dare I say it? Iraq is actually getting safer? What with a new movement called ‘Awakening’ throwing Al-Qaeda out of Baghdad suburbs; Reports that violence is markedly down; Iraqis returning in droves; could George Bush’s surge really be working? Iraqi bloggers investigate and give the [...]