- Taschenbuch: 310 Seiten
- Verlag: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd (9. Mai 2005)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0714531189
- ISBN-13: 978-0714531182
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 21,2 x 14 x 2,4 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 5.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (1 Kundenrezension)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.019.932 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Riverbend is the pseudonym of a young Iraqi blogger; this book archives the first year of her blog, Baghdad Burning. Once a computer programmer who enjoyed considerable personal freedom, after Baghdad's fall, Riverbend finds herself unemployed and largely restricted to the safety of her family's home. In English that would put many Americans to shame, she chronicles daily life under the occupation, writing about water and electricity shortages with humor and exasperation, writing about violence with deep feeling. She also explains more complicated topics, painting a surprising picture of prewar harmony between religious groups (she herself lives in a mixed Sunni and Shiite household). Riverbend's take on politics is so perceptive that readers may wonder if she is actually a Beltway antiwar activist--although such readers should also question their assumption that an Iraqi couldn't write this well or be so well informed. But the greatest accomplishment of this intriguing book lies in its essential ordinariness. Riverbend is bright and opinionated, true, but like all voices of dissent worth remembering, she provides an urgent reminder that, whichever governments we struggle under, we are all the same. Keir Graff
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Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Taschenbuch .
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In her riveting weblog, a remarkable young Iraqi woman gives a human face to war and occupation. On the 24th of September, 2003, the above entry was posted onto a weblog by an anonymous 25 year old female using the pseudonym 'Riverbend'. In this hard-hitting journal, she describes the day-to-day realities of life in post-war Iraq, which for her family and neighbours means regular power-cuts, bombings, kidnappings and night-time raids by US soldiers. Including diary entries covering the release of the torture pictures of Abu Ghraib and Bush's State of the Union Speech as well as a more critical analysis of key players during the war and in its aftermath, Baghdad Burning offers a highly personal narrative on life since the US occupation that is at once disturbing and insightful. With thousands of loyal readers worldwide, the Riverbend blog is recognized around the world as a crucial source of information not available through the mainstream media.
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Riverbend gibt einen Einblick in das Leben in Baghdad seit dem Krieg, wobei sie von persönlichen Erfahrungen und denen ihrer Freunde schreibt. Sie schreibt aus der Sicht einer jungen Frau (ca. 25), die als Computerfachfrau berufstätig war, bis sie wegen dem Krieg ihren Job verlor. Sie schreibt auf englisch, welches sie sehr gut beherrscht. Das Buch ist die gedruckte Version des ersten Jahres von Riverbends Blog Baghdad Burning.
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Iraq's Anne Frank?
19. April 2005
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First, this book is NOT written by James Ridgeway. He just wrote a short introduction to the book. Amazon should change its copy to reflect that Riverbend is the author of this collection of blog entries.
Riverbend is a woman in her mid-twenties living in the hell that is Baghdad. Her blog "Baghdad Burning" is an example of how vital the blogging phenomenon can be. She gives us, in "real time", a deeply intimate view of what is actually happening to the people of Iraq by describing what she and her family members are going through.
Her entries are sometimes funny, often angry, always compassionate. She is well educated and well read, knows a great deal about American culture and is ferociously honest.
Her entries are not ideological, like those of many other Iraqi bloggers. She speaks from her heart, not her politics.
Writing is writing, but great writing is rare and deserves to be honored. We are not a time, yet, when the literature of the Internet can be respected as equal to that in print. But, if there ever is a Nobel Prize for Internet Literature, Riverbend should be its first recipient. She is the equal to any essayist writing today. Even when angry, she writes with a delicacy, with true elegance that no other writer I know can match.
Each day, thousands of people around the world view her blog. Many days we are disappointed she has not made an entry. That is not because we love her writing and have learned so much from her expression of her point of view; we all open her page just to make sure she is still alive, that she has not been shot or bombed, or raped or subjected to any more suffering than she and her family have already experienced. She is a person many of us love deeply and want so much for her to survive and flourish.
I keep this book next to my computer. I pick it up occassionally and open it some random page. I learn from her, laugh with her, feel her agony at what has been done to her country, her people. This book is wonderful. It will become a classic. And it will stand as part of a body of great literature all of us who consider her a friend know she will someday write.
Riverbend is a woman in her mid-twenties living in the hell that is Baghdad. Her blog "Baghdad Burning" is an example of how vital the blogging phenomenon can be. She gives us, in "real time", a deeply intimate view of what is actually happening to the people of Iraq by describing what she and her family members are going through.
Her entries are sometimes funny, often angry, always compassionate. She is well educated and well read, knows a great deal about American culture and is ferociously honest.
Her entries are not ideological, like those of many other Iraqi bloggers. She speaks from her heart, not her politics.
Writing is writing, but great writing is rare and deserves to be honored. We are not a time, yet, when the literature of the Internet can be respected as equal to that in print. But, if there ever is a Nobel Prize for Internet Literature, Riverbend should be its first recipient. She is the equal to any essayist writing today. Even when angry, she writes with a delicacy, with true elegance that no other writer I know can match.
Each day, thousands of people around the world view her blog. Many days we are disappointed she has not made an entry. That is not because we love her writing and have learned so much from her expression of her point of view; we all open her page just to make sure she is still alive, that she has not been shot or bombed, or raped or subjected to any more suffering than she and her family have already experienced. She is a person many of us love deeply and want so much for her to survive and flourish.
I keep this book next to my computer. I pick it up occassionally and open it some random page. I learn from her, laugh with her, feel her agony at what has been done to her country, her people. This book is wonderful. It will become a classic. And it will stand as part of a body of great literature all of us who consider her a friend know she will someday write.
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Cuts through the B.S. of corporate news
8. Juni 2005
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Hands down, this is one of the best books yet to bring home the reality of what this illegal occupation is doing to Iraq and her people. Writing from her home in Baghdad, Riverbend invites us into her home, introduces us to her family and neighbors, and allows us to tag along with her as she goes about her life.
This book is a compilation of her blog entries for part of 2003 and 2004. Because her thoughts and observations are written down daily - or as often as electricity allows - her writing is fresh and honest and we are allowed to share her hopes, fears and anger in a very personal way.
A talented writer, she is armed with a wealth of facts and statistics regarding culture, politics and religion in the area. She also shares many of the tragic stories of innocent Iraqis trying to cope with unbearable circumstances. It's enough to break your heart.
If you are interested in delving further into life in Iraq, the author includes numerous links to websites and blogs of a similar nature.
This book is a compilation of her blog entries for part of 2003 and 2004. Because her thoughts and observations are written down daily - or as often as electricity allows - her writing is fresh and honest and we are allowed to share her hopes, fears and anger in a very personal way.
A talented writer, she is armed with a wealth of facts and statistics regarding culture, politics and religion in the area. She also shares many of the tragic stories of innocent Iraqis trying to cope with unbearable circumstances. It's enough to break your heart.
If you are interested in delving further into life in Iraq, the author includes numerous links to websites and blogs of a similar nature.
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Hope out of Chaos
11. Juni 2005
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Internet users, myself included, have been following Riverbend's blog for a few years now and I can barely express how thrilled I am that it has finally been published. With any luck, the remainder will be published and her full story will be told. This is the most believable account of day-to-day life in occupied Iraq that I have ever seen. Bagdhad Burning would be an excellent tool for teachers that want to bring the current situation abroad into a more complete context than we see in news coverage. High school age children will be drawn in by the experience of someone closer to their age (she was 24 when she started her blog), and will likely empathize with her struggles and her passion.
Thought there are several blogs maintained by Iraqi civilians, this one has a clear, compassionate voice and she seems much like any one of us. Her daily struggles to get by can be quite compelling, as she combats things like intermittent access to electricity and water. Her English is perfect. In fact, her English is better than many native speakers. She is highly intelligent and articulate. She will inform you and she will make you cry.
In order to make the war more acceptable, there are many who would like us to think of Iraqi civilians as less than human, that Muslims somehow value life less than the "rest of us". Riverbend makes it impossible to fall into that trap. Her voice is as clear and as present as your sister's, your neighbor's, your closest friend's. You will ache for her and pray for her family.
If you read this book and want to know what happens next, the blog is ongoing at http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/. She continues to update, roughly every two weeks, unless some major event comes sooner.
Thought there are several blogs maintained by Iraqi civilians, this one has a clear, compassionate voice and she seems much like any one of us. Her daily struggles to get by can be quite compelling, as she combats things like intermittent access to electricity and water. Her English is perfect. In fact, her English is better than many native speakers. She is highly intelligent and articulate. She will inform you and she will make you cry.
In order to make the war more acceptable, there are many who would like us to think of Iraqi civilians as less than human, that Muslims somehow value life less than the "rest of us". Riverbend makes it impossible to fall into that trap. Her voice is as clear and as present as your sister's, your neighbor's, your closest friend's. You will ache for her and pray for her family.
If you read this book and want to know what happens next, the blog is ongoing at http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/. She continues to update, roughly every two weeks, unless some major event comes sooner.
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