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1st Feminist Press ed
'In August 2003 a young Iraqi blogger began reporting her experiences as a civilian observer in Baghdad. Calling herself Riberbend, she has offered searing eyewitness accounts of daily life in the war zone and has garnered a worldwide audience hungry for unfiltered news and fresh analysis.
Riverbends blog, 'Baghdad burning', collected here for the first time, responds to events both personal and political - from the impact on her family of the invasion's aftermath to the Abu Ghraib prison abuses. She reveals for us most sharply the fate of Iraqi women, whose rights and freedoms are falling victim to rising fundamentalism.
Describing the reality of regime change in Iraq in a voice at turns outraged, witty, and deeply moving, Riverbend is a vital witness to the recent events that are shaping the future of her homeland'--Back cover