HW 27: Annotated Bibliography Entry for Baghdad Burning

Riverbend. Baghdad Burning: Girl Blog From Iraq. New York: Feminist Press, 2005. vii-286

Baghdad Burning, written by a young Iraqi girl who goes by the name of "Riverbend," is a collection of Blogs written from August of 2003 to March of 2004. The book gives the reader a feeling of what it is like being an Iraqi living in the middle of a war. "Riverbend," wrote these blogs, which are all in English, so Americans could understand the war and live through the eyes of her and her family. She wrote blogs whenever she got the chance, depending if the power was on or not. From reading this book, you will learn everything from personal to political events that Riverbend and her family witness everyday in Iraq. The book displays many benefits, which are getting information from a solid source and viewing it differently than you might see on the news. This book fits in well with this course because it shows how different news can come through blogging and not on television. It is also being written through a women's perspective, which fits into the feminist part of this course