http://keeneweb.org/pbj3 Just another Keeneweb.org weblog Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:04:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.gabcast.com/index.php?a=episodes&query=&b=play&id=8538&cast=73869&castPage= http://keeneweb.org/pbj3/2008/04/27/hw-last-podcast/ http://www.gabcast.com/index.php?a=episodes&query=&b=play&id=8538&cast=73051&castPage= http://keeneweb.org/pbj3/2008/04/22/hw44-holiday-talk/ http://www.gabcast.com/index.php?a=episodes&query=&b=play&id=8538&cast=72650&castPage= #88 http://keeneweb.org/pbj3/2008/04/20/hw42podcasting-anew/ After reading this section in Baghdad Burning I have learned a lot about the Iraqi culture and many things that they do or have that are important to them.  One thing that I learned was why the date palms are so important to the Iraqi people.  They are so important for many reasons, ... http://keeneweb.org/pbj3/2008/04/15/hw41-dates-and-evening-tea/ The podcast that i viewed was titled "Challenges at a Girls School in Baghdad" and it is part of the series Alive in Baghdad.  This episode was published on 5/21/07 and the link to it is: http://aliveinbaghdad.org/2007/05/21/challenges-at-a-girls-school-in-baghdad/.  In this podcast the topic that is covered is the challenges the schools ... http://keeneweb.org/pbj3/2008/04/15/hw40-podcast-on-schools/ After reading Riverbends blogs for august and September in Baghdad Burning i found that she mentioned a lot of interesting people.  She mentioned Al Capone on page 52 and i know he was a mob boss but i wanted to learn a little more about him, so i researched him ... http://keeneweb.org/pbj3/2008/04/08/hw35b-al-capone/ Dear Riverbend, After reading your August 2003 posts i have learned so much more about the war and what is going on.  You have shown me a whole different side to it all.  By you doing this i have put the whole thing into a different perspective.  What i found interesting ... http://keeneweb.org/pbj3/2008/04/06/hw35-an-open-letter-to-riverbend/ Riverbend. Baghdad Burning: Girl Blog From Iraq. New York, NY: The Feminist Press, 2005. This book is about a twenty four year old, Iraqi, female that has survived the war.  She wrote this book sort of as a rant log so she could get everything out and complain about things as ... http://keeneweb.org/pbj3/2008/04/04/hw33-baghdad-bibliogrophy/ In the forward of Baghdad Burning by Ahdaf Soueif he talks about how the book really brings us into the war and shows us not only the casualties and main facts about it but also about what the people go through and how they feel.  He does this by in ... http://keeneweb.org/pbj3/2008/04/04/hw32-educating-about-baghdad/ The room that I have that I can call "my own" is my room in my Vermont house.  It is a loft type room and is a very quiet peaceful place.  When I go to Vermont it is my way of getting away so my room there is my place to get away ... http://keeneweb.org/pbj3/2008/03/25/hw30-my-room-of-my-own/