A different contribution.

The previous class I felt sorry because I was not able to think about an interesting source to complement the book we read, Generation Kill, showing the perspectives of the Iraqi of the war. I have read a few books telling the stories of civilians suffering during the Iraqi war, but, the language barrier made it impossible for me to recommend anything.

But, talking with one of my friends, I came up with this book, Bagdad Burning, which consists of a compilation of blog posts written by a thirteen-year-old girl made during the Iraqi war (who used the pseudonymous Riverbend). Her posts have been published as a book. I think it is an interesting source because, for what I have had the chance to read, the little girl shows how Iraqi women (those women who were supposed to be saved and seeing as passive agents in this conflict) lived the war. It is a completely opposite perspective from the masculine perspective in Generation Kill. She also explains some traditions of Islamic religion such as the Ramadhan.

• ·        That’s the blog she wrote: https://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/2003/10/ [10/13/2018]

I must say the girl re-wrote the blog ten years later, once her English skills improved enough. For that reason, the original blog posts and the book are not identical, although the content is quite similar.