sjf’s blog

Baghdad Burning: Girl Blog From Iraq. Feminist Press at the City University of New York. 2005. The author of this book is a blogging Iraqi woman from the city of Baghdad that informs her readers what her day-to-day life is in the heart of the fire.  She doesn’t tell her detailed daily life story, but she doesn’t just tell what the media covers and shows us, she describes what is going on in her community with no hesitations. She talks about what she thinks of the American soldiers and government, and what has happened to her country since the invasion in 2003. She describes how everyday is the same, hot, stressful, and never-ending. She gives her opinion on everything without cautiousness, the way it is in her eyes and in the eyes of other Iraqi citizens. The book has many benefits to it, such as learning about the culture of a country we are currently occupying, but it also has challenges such as the different names and religions that are used. In general you will learn what Iraq is like for the citizens of it, from the eyes of a woman.