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 [...]

She was a writer, an innovator, an activist, an artist, a musician, and the least to say about her that she was someone who could speak English, French, German and Latin fluently.
The 20th of June, 2007, marked another sad day in the modern history of Iraq when Nazik Al-Mala’ikah has died at the age of [...]

Thirteenth in a beautiful series of paintings by Baghdad Artist

Photo of Moon and Planet over Baghdad by Marshmallow26
“To light a candle is much better than cursing the darkness.”
So signed off Ausama on his last video for Hometown Baghdad.
Today I will concentrate my post on reactions to the second bombing of the shrine in Samarra. An event that has provoked much speculation among Iraqi bloggers. [...]

(Cross Posted from Global Voices Online)
Thank you God, Thank you God, Thank you God, Thank you God, Thank you God, Thank you God, Thank you God, Thank you God, Thank you God, Thank you God, Thank you God, Thank you God, Thank you God, Thank you God, Thank you God, Thank you God, Thank you [...]

Written by MixMax for his blog “Mix Mode” and cross posted to the Olivebranch Network
I don’t want to sound weird with such a title to this post, but I will start with this question: didn’t everyone expect last year when the dome of the shrines in Samara was bombed, that this would happen again?.
I am [...]

Based on our theory that Iraqis tend to lose interest in everything good or bad so fast, my friend and I were baffled by the fact that the cycle of violence has been on for unbearably long stretches of time.
Based on the same theory, I could not help noticing how people’s reactions have evolved. I [...]