HW 33: Annotating Iraq
Riverbend. Baghdad Burning: Girl Blog from Iraq. New York: The Feminist Press, 2005.
This book is an autobiography, except it is uniquely formed from live blog entries. Written by a young woman who herself grew up in Iraq, it truly sheds light into not only the young, weak, and unstable government as well as the political aspects of Iraq, but also the dangers and difficulties of everyday living. This book will helps those on the outside finally understand the emotional aspect of growing up in such an environment. Riverbend will grab the reader with her honesty and beautiful writing style, as she describes her Iraqi culture as it is interrupted and destroyed by explosions, electrical outages, looting, and more horror. This may be the book that will finally make enough people realize the truth to actually make a difference.
