Baghdad Burning: Girl Blog from Iraq

Baghdad Burning II: More Girl Blog from Iraq

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 to March 2006, with compelling

Naphtalene: A Novel of Baghdad

Seen through the eyes of a strong-willed and perceptive young girl, Naphtalene beautifully captures the atmosphere of Baghdad in the 1940s and 1950s. Through her rich and lyrical descriptions, Alia Mamdouh vividly recreates a city of public steam baths, r

Hell Is a Very Small Place: Voices from Solitary Confinement

The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture has denounced the use of solitary confinement beyond fifteen days as a form of cruel and degrading treatment that often rises to the level of torture. Yet the United States holds more than eighty thousand people in iso

المحبوبات

احب ان احب، احب ان احب واكون محبوبة. احب جميع الكلمات التي انتظرتني ولم اقلها لاحد. احب الكلام المجهول الذي لم اتأكد من وجوده. احب تلك اليد ال�