About the Book

Baghdad Burning II

Baghdad Burning II

More Girl Blog from Iraq
September 2006
Trade Paperback · 240 Pages
$14.95 U.S. · $18.00 CAN
ISBN 9781558615298
The Feminist Press at CUNY

 

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Description

“Riverbend,” the Iraqi woman whose “articulate, even poetic prose packs an emotional punch” (The New York Times), continues her dispatches from her native Baghdad.

Interweaving commentary on major events since October 2004, with compelling stories about her own life as well as her family’s daily struggles, this is journalism from ground zero recording both occupation and insurgency.

About the Authors

Riverbend is the pseudonym of an Iraqi computer programmer who now lives with her family in Baghdad and whose identity remains concealed for her own protection. Her blog offers searing eyewitness accounts of the everyday realities on the ground, punctuated by astute analysis on the politics behind the events. James Ridgeway is national political correspondent for the Village Voice and author of 14 books.