IraqiGirl: Diary of a Teenage Girl in Iraq

“The need for accurate reporting on the situation in Iraq continues as the world’s major media shift their focus to the “other” U.S. occupation in Afghanistan. Courageous independent journalists have shed light on many of the major events and turning-points under-reported or entirely ignored by big media outlets. Yet the day to day reality of life under occupation remains difficult to understand for many in America.

“For several crucial months in 2004, a young Iraqi woman, calling herself H.N.K. dispatched moving and engaging descriptions of her life in Mosul through her blog, IraqiGirlBlog. Her riveting account of the disruption of life as she and her family and friends knew it presents an image of the human cost of the war seldom seen in any reporting on the situation there. And as a young writer, her reflections on life under occupation offer special significance for young reders who want to understand the conflict in human terms.”

About the Author:

“H.N.K. was fifteen years old at the time she wrote IraqiGirlBlog, from July to November, 2004. Presently, she attends college, and continues to struggle for a better life for herself, her country, and the world.”