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Riverbends existence and identity remain a mystery, but the weblog entries suggest that she is a young iraqi woman from a mixed shia and sunni family, living with her parents and brother in baghdad. Since the fall of bagdad, womens voices have been largely erased, but four months after. Download one of the free kindle apps to start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, and. It is not being run by me in parallel to my own site i knew it existed for some time now a friend pointed it out to me in late september.
In august 2003, the world english gained access to a remarkable new voice. The mountain distracts me, as it does many iraqis especially those from baghdad. From publishers weekly iraqi womens voices have been virtually silent since the fall of baghdad. Riverbend is the pseudonym of a baghdad based computer programmer in her twenties. In 2003, a twentyfouryearold woman from baghdad began blogging about life in the city under the. Business, economics history, military politics, sociology. Iraqi blogger returns after sixyear hiatus this weeks 10year anniversary of the fall of baghdad prompted plenty of reflections on the iraq war from soldiers and strategists, columnists and.
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