Baghdad Burning

Residents of Baghdad are systematically being pushed out of the city. Some families are waking up to find a Klashnikov bullet and a letter i...

Although the sun is blinding this time of year in our part of the world, the Middle East is seeing some of its darkest days… I woke up this ...

It promises to be a long summer. We're almost at the mid-way point, but it feels like the days are just crawling by. It's a combinat...

So 'Zarqawi' is finally dead. It was an interesting piece of news that greeted us yesterday morning (or was it the day before? I...

It’s been a horrible day. We woke up to unbearable heat. Our area averages about 4 hours electricity daily and the rest is generator electri...

It’s fascinating to watch the world beyond Iraq prepare for the World Cup. I get pictures by email of people hanging flags and banners, in s...

It was around the 10th or 11th of April, 2003. There had been no electricity in our area since the last days of March. The water was also cu...

It’s officially spring in Baghdad. We jokingly say that in Iraq, spring doesn’t exist. We go immediately from cold, windy weather to a coupl...

After an internet absence of a few days, I returned to find my inbox flooded with dozens of emails with the subject “Congratulations!!!”. In...

Or 'kithbet neesan', as it is known in Arabic. If the current Iraqi government should choose ANY day for their day- what better day ...

I sat late last night switching between Iraqi channels (the half dozen or so I sometimes try to watch). It’s a late-night tradition for me w...

It has been three years since the beginning of the war that marked the end of Iraq’s independence. Three years of occupation and bloodshed. ...

It’s Oscar time once again. We’ve been bombarded with Oscar propaganda for nearly a month now. MBC and One TV (a channel from the Emirates) ...

The last few days have been unsettlingly violent in spite of the curfew. We’ve been at home simply waiting it out and hoping for the best. T...

Things are not good in Baghdad. There was an explosion this morning in a mosque in Samarra, a largely Sunni town. While the mosque is sacred...

We were collected at my aunts house for my cousins birthday party a few days ago. J. just turned 16 and my aunt invited us for a late lunch ...