{"product_id":"iraqigirl-diary-of-a-teenage-girl-in-iraq-9781931859738","title":"Iraqigirl: Diary of a Teenage Girl in Iraq","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI feel that I have been sleeping all my life and I have woken up and opened my eyes to the world. A beautiful world  But impossible to live in.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese are the words of fifteen-year-old Hadiya, blogging from the city of Mosul, Iraq, to let the world know what life is really like as the military occupation of her country unfolds. In many ways, her life is familiar. She worries about exams and enjoys watching \u003ci\u003eFriends\u003c\/i\u003e during the rare hours that the electricity in her neighborhood is running.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the horrors of war surround her everywhere--weeklong curfews, relatives killed, and friends whose families are forced to flee their homes. With black humor and unflinching honesty, Hadiya shares the painful stories of lives changed forever. \"Let's go back,\" she writes, \"to my un-normal life.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith her intimate reflections on family, friendship, and community, IraqiGirl also allows us to witness the determination of one girl not only to survive, but to create, amidst the devastation of war, a future worth living for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHadiya's authentically teenage voice, emotional struggles and concerns make her story all the more resonant. \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Despite all the news coverage about the war in Iraq, very little is reported about how it affects the daily lives of ordinary citizens. A highschooler in the city of Mosul fills in the gap with this compilation of her blog posts about living under U.S. occupation. She writes in English because she wants to reach Americans, and in stark specifics, she records the terrifying dangers of car bombs on her street and American warplanes overhead, as well as her everyday struggles to concentrate on homework when there is no water and electricity at home. Her tone is balanced: she does not hate Americans, and although she never supported Saddam Hussein, she wonders why he was executed... Readers will appreciate the details about family, friends, school, and reading Harry Potter, as well as the ever-present big issues for which there are no simple answers. \u003cb\u003e--Hazel Rochman, \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"IraqiGirl has poured reflections of her daily life into her blog, reaching all over the cyber-world from her home in northern Iraq. She writes about the universals of teen life--school, family, TV, food, Harry Potter--but always against the background of sudden explosions, outbursts of gunfire, carbombs, death....  A]n important addition to multicultural literature.\" \u003cb\u003e--Elsa Marston, author of \u003ci\u003eSanta Claus in Baghdad and Other Stories About Teens in the Arab World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A book as relevant to adults as teenagers and children. Hadiya's clear, simple language conveys the feelings of a teenager, offering a glimpse into the daily life of a professional middle-class Iraqi family in an ancient-modern city subjected to a brutal occupation.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Haifa Zangana, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCity of Widows: An Iraqi Woman's Account of War and Resistance\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-4514113\"\u003eIraqigirl\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Haymarket Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.20w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781931859738\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1931859736\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003ePersonal Memoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS027170\"\u003eWars \u0026amp; Conflicts | Iraq War (2003-2011)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO010000\"\u003ePolitical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIraqiGirl was fifteen years old in 2004-2005 and living in Mosul, Iraq, when she began blogging the story of her life under American occupation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haymarket Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42680735498477,"sku":"9781931859738","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_e3fc09d6-bb6b-4fd8-8315-b19be6278886.jpg?v=1649698881","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/iraqigirl-diary-of-a-teenage-girl-in-iraq-9781931859738","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}