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Baghdad Diaries
A Woman's Chronicle of War and Exile
Taschenbuch von Nuha Al-Radi
Sprache: Englisch

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In this often moving, sometimes wry account of life in Baghdad during the first war on Iraq and in exile in the years following, Iraqi-born, British-educated artist Nuha al-Radi shows us the effects of war on ordinary people. She recounts the day-to-day realities of living in a city under siege, where food has to be consumed or thrown out because there is no way to preserve it, where eventually people cannot sleep until the nightly bombing commences, where packs of stray dogs roam the streets (and provide her own dog Salvi with a harem) and rats invade homes. Through it all, al-Radi works at her art and gathers with neighbors and family for meals and other occasions, happy and sad.

In the wake of the war, al-Radi lives in semi-exile, shuttling between Beirut and Amman, travelling to New York, London, Mexico and Yemen. As she suffers the indignities of being an Iraqi in exile, al-Radi immerses us in a way of life constricted by the stress and effects of war and embargoes, giving texture to a reality we have only been able to imagine before now. But what emanates most vibrantly from these diaries is the spirit of endurance and the celebration of the smallest of life's joys.
In this often moving, sometimes wry account of life in Baghdad during the first war on Iraq and in exile in the years following, Iraqi-born, British-educated artist Nuha al-Radi shows us the effects of war on ordinary people. She recounts the day-to-day realities of living in a city under siege, where food has to be consumed or thrown out because there is no way to preserve it, where eventually people cannot sleep until the nightly bombing commences, where packs of stray dogs roam the streets (and provide her own dog Salvi with a harem) and rats invade homes. Through it all, al-Radi works at her art and gathers with neighbors and family for meals and other occasions, happy and sad.

In the wake of the war, al-Radi lives in semi-exile, shuttling between Beirut and Amman, travelling to New York, London, Mexico and Yemen. As she suffers the indignities of being an Iraqi in exile, al-Radi immerses us in a way of life constricted by the stress and effects of war and embargoes, giving texture to a reality we have only been able to imagine before now. But what emanates most vibrantly from these diaries is the spirit of endurance and the celebration of the smallest of life's joys.
Über den Autor
Nuha al-Radi
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
Fachbereich: Zeitgeschichte & Politik
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Jahrhundert: ab 1949
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781400075256
ISBN-10: 1400075254
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Al-Radi, Nuha
Redaktion: Singh, Anjali
Hersteller: Knopf
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 203 x 132 x 14 mm
Von/Mit: Nuha Al-Radi
Erscheinungsdatum: 06.05.2003
Gewicht: 0,29 kg
Artikel-ID: 102556472
Über den Autor
Nuha al-Radi
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
Fachbereich: Zeitgeschichte & Politik
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Jahrhundert: ab 1949
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781400075256
ISBN-10: 1400075254
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Al-Radi, Nuha
Redaktion: Singh, Anjali
Hersteller: Knopf
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 203 x 132 x 14 mm
Von/Mit: Nuha Al-Radi
Erscheinungsdatum: 06.05.2003
Gewicht: 0,29 kg
Artikel-ID: 102556472
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