Salam Pax has attracted a huge worldwide readership for the Internet diary he kept during the buildup, prosecution, and aftermath of the war in Ira...
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Nov 20, 2011
Janelle
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This book is a candidate for the series on conflict and resistance in the Middle East that my library is involved in next year.
It is comprised of collected blog posts by a twenty-something Iraqi architect writing in English in 2002-2003, before and during the U.S. bombing of Iraq. The posts are personal, funny, angry, frustrated, bemused, smart... I was fascinated by Salam's voice. The footnotes were helpful but didn't always fill in my blanks.
Given the recent popul More...
It is comprised of collected blog posts by a twenty-something Iraqi architect writing in English in 2002-2003, before and during the U.S. bombing of Iraq. The posts are personal, funny, angry, frustrated, bemused, smart... I was fascinated by Salam's voice. The footnotes were helpful but didn't always fill in my blanks.
Given the recent popul More...
Apr 12, 2007
Dave
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"The Baghdad Blogger"
I remember reading parts of this blog during the months leading up to the initial invasion of Iraq in March 2003. The Guardian UK has taken posts that span a range of about 6 months leading up to the war and during the war, detailing Salam's (the author) life in Baghdad before and during the invasion.
The beginning is rather slow and mundane as he talks about various aspects of his life, but as the war drums start to beat louder, he begins t More...
I remember reading parts of this blog during the months leading up to the initial invasion of Iraq in March 2003. The Guardian UK has taken posts that span a range of about 6 months leading up to the war and during the war, detailing Salam's (the author) life in Baghdad before and during the invasion.
The beginning is rather slow and mundane as he talks about various aspects of his life, but as the war drums start to beat louder, he begins t More...
Apr 01, 2008
amy
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You might be appalled if I tell you that Salam Pax is funny when he writes about his experience as an Iraqi in the days up to and during the Iraq War--but he is. He's so witty and charming that I had a crush on him (which is a shame since he's not into the ladies). I think it's his frank and sometimes comical attitude that makes it all the more tragic when he describes his very real fears--if we as readers can appreciate him when he's lighthearted, we are that much closer to him when he feels t
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Jan 28, 2009
So far Salam Pax is a really quick read. I'm probably a third of the way through, and although I don't find his posts as insightful as I thought they would be, his writing is significant nonetheless. Most importantly, Salam Pax is his most honest critic- he knows he is not the "typical" Iraqi but that does not make his thoughts less valuable. I am interested to see how the war unfolds in his writing.
...I'll let you know.
...I'll let you know.
Dec 17, 2009
Nic
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This is a collection of excerpts from the blog of Salam Pax, an Iraqi architect, spanning the period before the commencement of the most recent Iraq war, up through "major combat operations" and beyond.
Having read his blog contemporaneously, this is more of a review than anything for me. It is a refreshing reminder that people are capable of maintaining their wit and grace in very difficult times.
Having read his blog contemporaneously, this is more of a review than anything for me. It is a refreshing reminder that people are capable of maintaining their wit and grace in very difficult times.
Mar 19, 2008
Owen
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Quite engaging - I was frankly amazed with how much he could get away with under Saddam. I personally find that first person narratives about being in a warzone tend to bring things home a lot more than works of history do (unless Robert Caro decided to write books about wartime!)
Dec 17, 2009
Mike
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A book that actually humanized the people that we're killing in Iraq. You're also an idiot if you support this war.
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