Female Iraqi blogger nominated for UK book prize - Riverbend

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http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2006/March/theworld_March838.xml§ion=theworld&col=

LONDON - The anonymous female author of an Iraqi “blog”, whose Web site entitled “Baghdad Burning” mixes humour, despair and acerbic political commentary, has been nominated for a major literary prize in Britain.

Known only as Riverbend, the self-styled “Girl Blog from Iraq” has been sending regular dispatches since August 2003.

In her first entry, she wrote: “I’m female, Iraqi and 24. I survived the war. That’s all you need to know. It’s all that matters these days anyway”.

Soon afterwards she explained how she lost her job in a computer software company when it was deemed too dangerous for her to go to work.

[blogslut]

1. She is so deserving.

She is brave and she writes well.


http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com

[Suich]

2. Cool...I'm a big fan of hers!

I worry about her safety.

[Richard D]

3. That's great

I'd marry her sight unseen. An amazing spirit and mind.

[acmavm]

4. Not unlike Anne Frank. But she's not been caught by the religious

nut cases and executed. Yet.

[annabanana]

5. I worry for her and her family

Her writing makes it possible for us to "be there" and experience life in these exhausting circumstances.

[Nabia2004]

6. Yes, and I fear she will be made a target - nt