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*Starred Review* In January 2003 freelance journalist Seierstad traveled to Iraq, hoping to get the Iraqi perspective on the possibility of a war with America. She constantly battled red tape and interpreters reluctant to take her to places where she might get more controversial opinions. She encounters Saddam Hussein everywhere she turns--his portraits and statues cover the buildings and the landscape, and his name is on the tip of most people's tongues. But Seierstad also finds people willing to whisper to her about their longing for freedom and the fear they live with everyday. There's no consensus about the pending war as it becomes clear that war is indeed imminent--even those who long for liberation view an American incursion as a necessary evil that cannot be trusted. In the days just before the war, Seierstad's visa runs out, and she is sent to nearby Jordan, where she tries desperately to get back in. When she does, she finds journalists, human shields, and Iraqis fleeing and wonders if covering the war is worth risking her life. Seierstad, author of The Bookseller of Kabul (2003), imbues her narrative with a true sense of immediacy, particularly in the days leading up to the war. Her multifaceted chronicle is required reading for anyone who truly wants to delve into the complexities of life in Iraq under Saddam and during the war and its aftermath. Kristine Huntley
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Adult/High School-Seierstad writes about her stay as a reporter for Scandinavian, Dutch, and German media in Baghdad in the days before the war in Iraq through the fall of Baghdad. She describes her day-to-day efforts to try to report on the lives and thoughts of the people of Iraq while handicapped by the corrupt and powerful press-center employees, and constantly chaperoned by an interpreter and minder with whom she will have to "fawn, lie, and conceal." By being patient and skillful, she wades through the endless Bath party propaganda and reaches into the hearts and souls of the people: the 11-year-old who dreams about bombs falling on her family, the disgruntled restaurant worker who tells her that the walls have ears, and the people who try to care for their loved ones hurt in the bombing. She fearfully hunkers down in her hotel as the bombs fall, but then bravely slips out to watch a soccer game played in defiance of the bombing, to listen to press conferences announcing the successful exploits of the Iraqi army, and to watch the mayhem in the streets in the aftermath of the attacks. Seierstad puts a human face to and provides insight into the mosaic of the people of Iraq, the Bath party supporters, the dissidents, and the average person caught in the nightmare of the Saddam regime and the horrors of war.-Jane S. Drabkin, Chinn Park Regional Library, Woodbridge, VA
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A Journey to the Heart of Baghdad
13. Januar 2006
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
Written after her well-known 'The Bookseller of Kabul', Seierstad provides the reader with a compelling account of the run up to, course of, and post war situation in Iraq. The book is as much about the author herself as it is about the people of Iraq. Thus, it is interesting on two levels: firstly as an insight into the life of a war correspondent, and secondly as an exploration of the effects of war on the population of Baghdad.
The book consists of three sections entitled 'Before', 'During' and 'After' respectively. Seierstad doesn't deal directly with the questions surrounding the morality of the Iraq war, but does what all good journalists should do - report the facts and events on the ground as she sees them. Inevitably though, Seierstad hints at her own feelings about the war, particularly when the harsh, blood-stained reality rears its ugly head.
Seierstad is also perceptive enough to have exposed those issues which the coalition forces did not grapple with before taking the decision to go to war; the potentially explosive Shia-Sunni rivalry and the growing influence of Islam. Indeed, the apocalyptic views expressed by some of the Baghdadis Seierstad meets regarding the aftermath of Saddam's overthrow have become eerily true since 2003.
Above all, this book shows that war is not only a destructive force for those directly involved, such as the citizens of Baghdad and the soldiers on both sides, but also for those who find themselves drawn into the war through choice - the war correspondents. Read it for a deeper understanding of what messrs Bush and Blair's 'War on Terror' does to those people who they insist need to be 'liberated' from tyranny.
The book consists of three sections entitled 'Before', 'During' and 'After' respectively. Seierstad doesn't deal directly with the questions surrounding the morality of the Iraq war, but does what all good journalists should do - report the facts and events on the ground as she sees them. Inevitably though, Seierstad hints at her own feelings about the war, particularly when the harsh, blood-stained reality rears its ugly head.
Seierstad is also perceptive enough to have exposed those issues which the coalition forces did not grapple with before taking the decision to go to war; the potentially explosive Shia-Sunni rivalry and the growing influence of Islam. Indeed, the apocalyptic views expressed by some of the Baghdadis Seierstad meets regarding the aftermath of Saddam's overthrow have become eerily true since 2003.
Above all, this book shows that war is not only a destructive force for those directly involved, such as the citizens of Baghdad and the soldiers on both sides, but also for those who find themselves drawn into the war through choice - the war correspondents. Read it for a deeper understanding of what messrs Bush and Blair's 'War on Terror' does to those people who they insist need to be 'liberated' from tyranny.
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What Went On In Iraq?
16. Januar 2007
Format:Taschenbuch
Asne Seierstad is a brave woman. In this book, she recounts her one hundred and one days in Iraq. The duration spans from before the American invasion/liberation, to a few days after the US "won" the war. Pre, during, and post.
Each of the three periods saw its share of hurdles, as Seierstad recalls with journalistic detail (but novelistic prose). Before the war, the trouble was finding a story at all. She was, at all times, to be accompanied by an interpreter who often served to censor who she could approach and what she could say while also intimidating the interviewee to bite their tongue. In a country where everyone says they love Saddam using the exact same slogans, how can one get a story?!
It is obvious the pitfalls of being smack-dab in the center of Baghdad during an American invasion. Seierstadt recounts her torn feelings about staying and leaving. On the one hand, an obligation to inform. On the other, an instinct towards self-preservation.
While she only stayed a few days into the aftermath of the US "victory," the trouble now was getting the story right. Some praised the US; some were angry at them. Most hated Saddam after all; a few extolled him. Instead of not having a story, the problem now was that everyone - with their new found freedom - could not wait to talk.
Seierstad recounts all of this in what feels somewhere between a personal interest story and a suspense novel. In between her recollection, she interfuses the pieces she wrote as a newspaper reporter. As she says many times throughout the book, her primary aim was to get at the human story behind the geopolitics. She does a good job of it.
This book was of particular interest to me because Seierstad gives an opportunity to get a (seemingly) unbiased glimpse of how Iraq really was and how people really felt about Saddam and the US (before and after the war). Whether you agree or disagree with the war, you will see things you haven't seen before - what day to day life was like in pre-war Iraq. And hopefully, it will get us all thinking about Iraq's future.
Each of the three periods saw its share of hurdles, as Seierstad recalls with journalistic detail (but novelistic prose). Before the war, the trouble was finding a story at all. She was, at all times, to be accompanied by an interpreter who often served to censor who she could approach and what she could say while also intimidating the interviewee to bite their tongue. In a country where everyone says they love Saddam using the exact same slogans, how can one get a story?!
It is obvious the pitfalls of being smack-dab in the center of Baghdad during an American invasion. Seierstadt recounts her torn feelings about staying and leaving. On the one hand, an obligation to inform. On the other, an instinct towards self-preservation.
While she only stayed a few days into the aftermath of the US "victory," the trouble now was getting the story right. Some praised the US; some were angry at them. Most hated Saddam after all; a few extolled him. Instead of not having a story, the problem now was that everyone - with their new found freedom - could not wait to talk.
Seierstad recounts all of this in what feels somewhere between a personal interest story and a suspense novel. In between her recollection, she interfuses the pieces she wrote as a newspaper reporter. As she says many times throughout the book, her primary aim was to get at the human story behind the geopolitics. She does a good job of it.
This book was of particular interest to me because Seierstad gives an opportunity to get a (seemingly) unbiased glimpse of how Iraq really was and how people really felt about Saddam and the US (before and after the war). Whether you agree or disagree with the war, you will see things you haven't seen before - what day to day life was like in pre-war Iraq. And hopefully, it will get us all thinking about Iraq's future.
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One Brave Journalist
4. Mai 2006
Although this as not the caliber of Seierstad's THE BOOKSELLER OF KABUL, this is still a strong piece of non-fiction. Seierstad is a Norwegian reporter who eventually ends up reporting for almost 8 news groups before, during, and after America's war in Iraq. Seierstad's tone is engaging, her writing clear concise and tight.
Perhaps the most interesting section of the book is the part entitled "Before," because when she first arrives, instead of interviewing people and getting them to tell her about their hate of the regime, she is made to go on "tourist" trips. She goes to Saddam's Art Centre, a museum that houses two floors devoted to the former Iraqi President. She interviews a man who only paints the President in different poses, a man that has memorized Saddam's face and can paint it by memory. When asked if he gets bored always painting the same subject he retorts, "Our president is a continuous source of inspiration," a reflection of the Iraqi attitude, or at least the required attitude of every Iraqi under Saddam.
Seierstad's interpreter Aliya is a true believer in Saddam and does not waver in her belief until after Baghdad has been taken and she is able to walk with Seierstad through Saddam's palace in Baghdad. An American soldier is their "tour guide" and grills Aliya with questions and then says, "Your president waltzed around under crystal chandeliers while you guys didn't ever have clean water!" Aliya only responded with "Hm." The night before Seierstad leaves Iraq, Aliya says, "People say he never cared about us...They say he only cared about himself."
Seierstad shows the fear under which the Iraqi people lived, their inability to contradict the decisions of their leader for fear of disappearing in the night. The discussion does not come full circle until the "After" section of the book in which people are finally able to speak openly, they are able to celebrate being able to contradict their neighbors in public and private. Certainly a tonal change in Iraq occurred after Saddam's regime collapsed. This book is great documentation of what it was like for one reporter to be in Baghdad during the deposition of Saddam.
Perhaps the most interesting section of the book is the part entitled "Before," because when she first arrives, instead of interviewing people and getting them to tell her about their hate of the regime, she is made to go on "tourist" trips. She goes to Saddam's Art Centre, a museum that houses two floors devoted to the former Iraqi President. She interviews a man who only paints the President in different poses, a man that has memorized Saddam's face and can paint it by memory. When asked if he gets bored always painting the same subject he retorts, "Our president is a continuous source of inspiration," a reflection of the Iraqi attitude, or at least the required attitude of every Iraqi under Saddam.
Seierstad's interpreter Aliya is a true believer in Saddam and does not waver in her belief until after Baghdad has been taken and she is able to walk with Seierstad through Saddam's palace in Baghdad. An American soldier is their "tour guide" and grills Aliya with questions and then says, "Your president waltzed around under crystal chandeliers while you guys didn't ever have clean water!" Aliya only responded with "Hm." The night before Seierstad leaves Iraq, Aliya says, "People say he never cared about us...They say he only cared about himself."
Seierstad shows the fear under which the Iraqi people lived, their inability to contradict the decisions of their leader for fear of disappearing in the night. The discussion does not come full circle until the "After" section of the book in which people are finally able to speak openly, they are able to celebrate being able to contradict their neighbors in public and private. Certainly a tonal change in Iraq occurred after Saddam's regime collapsed. This book is great documentation of what it was like for one reporter to be in Baghdad during the deposition of Saddam.
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