America – An Iraqi’s First Impression
Suadad al-Salhy is an Iraqi reporter who recently joined The New York Times in Iraq. In May she was one of five Iraqi journalists who visited the United States on a reporting tour organized by the...
View ArticleWaking Up With Soldiers
Suadad al-Salhy, an Iraqi reporter for The Times, writes about American soldiers searching her family’s home.
View ArticleAn Iraqi Alcatraz
The Iraqi government has announced that it will rehabilitate Abu Ghraib prison, turning part of it into a museum of torture.
View ArticleAnd Know the Place for the First Time
I have came to realize that the difference between living in Iraq and outside is the difference between living in a state controlled by parties or individuals and a state controlled by institutions.
View ArticleAnalysis on the Spot: SOFA, From Inside Parliament
It seems clear from the complaints that Suadad al-Salhy hears from members of the Iraqi parliament that most of the Iraqi MP's have no idea what is in the Status of Forces agreement.
View ArticleAnalysis: SOFA, the View From Parliament
Read the text of the Security Agreement BAGHDAD — The Sunnis have presented their demands to the government. The Shiites have suddenly said: “No more, too much.” The Shiites and the Kurds already have...
View ArticleGoodbye SOFA, Hello Provincial Elections — Analysis
With provincial elections coming the Security Agreement was a great chance for MPs to show themselves to the voters personally.
View ArticleOn Election Eve, Looking Back at the Triangle of Death
The day before the last election in 2005 I drove from my home in Yusufiya into Baghdad and all the streets were empty, neglected and scary. You could feel the tension everywhere.
View ArticleElection: Analysis on the Bus
They could only give one reason for voting Tawafiq: they are Sunnis and they wanted to vote for Sunnis.
View ArticleIranians Everywhere
I was startled to see Iranians - Persian Shiites - walking around the Sunni Triangle of Death
View ArticleAnalysis: Provincial Elections Outcome
After three weeks absorbing and analyzing the results of the Jan. 31 provincial elections, in the corridors and meeting rooms of the Iraqi parliament, it seems that all the political blocs are...
View ArticleSocial Trends: Honor Kidnaps
The policemen prefer to use the term "kidnapped" to protect these girls' lives, reduce their families’ anger, and avoid causing them any embarrassment.
View ArticleElectricity: Dog Day Afternoons
Living with a power supply that only a dog could appreciate: scraps of electricity for people, scraps of spoiled food for the dog.
View ArticleBack to Hell?
They could lose everything they have gained so far because it seems the Iraqis have put their feet on the road to sectarian war, and our experiment has revealed that walking on this road is easier and...
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