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A Compelling First-Hand Account of the War in Iraq
2009/10/26
形式:ペーパーバック
On the one hand, you have to be ready for the format of this book. It is indeed a blog, with all the unevenness, brevity, and extemporaneity that this implies, especially when it comes from a teenager. On the other hand, this is a remarkable, personal account of the very human effects of war. Hadiya (the author) is in many ways so "normal," concerned with school, friends, her family, and watching the same t.v. shows as Americans. And yet her life is marked by explosions that shatter her windows, electricity that is off more often than not, thus impeding her studies, and by deaths of her family members and friends' relations. One salient point of this narrative is that, regardless of the large-scale politics and military tactics involved, the bottom line is that life is terribly interrupted and derogated for millions of people just trying to carry on with their lives.
Hadiya is quite an insightful and humorous writer, which makes the book enjoyable. She will mock herself and be playful in her posts. But also, her black humor indicates the very bleak conditions that never become quite normal for her. When her sister reads a book about time travel and says that she wants to live in the future, Hadiya writes, "Why would anyone want to live in the future since everything is only going to get worse?" (p. 158). One post she signs, "Your lost friend from where Iraq once was" (p. 137). Often, the political analysis that comes from a teenager is remarkable: "If it is getting better, then why don't we have water and oil while we live in a country of oil and we have two great rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates? We are in the third year of the war. Three years and the war does not end. So when you want to help the Iraqi people. don't send your cousins and sons to fight because they fight us not for us" (p. 74).
In sum, this book is well worth reading as a first-hand narrative of the effects of the Iraqi war upon those who have the war in their backyards and have not the luxury of distance.
Hadiya is quite an insightful and humorous writer, which makes the book enjoyable. She will mock herself and be playful in her posts. But also, her black humor indicates the very bleak conditions that never become quite normal for her. When her sister reads a book about time travel and says that she wants to live in the future, Hadiya writes, "Why would anyone want to live in the future since everything is only going to get worse?" (p. 158). One post she signs, "Your lost friend from where Iraq once was" (p. 137). Often, the political analysis that comes from a teenager is remarkable: "If it is getting better, then why don't we have water and oil while we live in a country of oil and we have two great rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates? We are in the third year of the war. Three years and the war does not end. So when you want to help the Iraqi people. don't send your cousins and sons to fight because they fight us not for us" (p. 74).
In sum, this book is well worth reading as a first-hand narrative of the effects of the Iraqi war upon those who have the war in their backyards and have not the luxury of distance.
6 人中、5人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Provocative classroom reading
2010/1/2
形式:ペーパーバック
I highly recommend this book for U.S. educators, definitely from high school on but perhaps also for middle school. It's short, quite readable, and extremely powerful. On one level, students will be exposed to a perspective and narrative on the Iraq war/occupation that many of them do not know--and yet will find very accessible. On another, the fact that the book itself is the product of solidarity work between Iraqis and US antiwar activists will raise important questions about how relate to real-life situations of oppression.
I recently taught "IraqiGirl" in a graduate class in Postcolonial Studies, which led to some provocative discussions about Western representations of non-Western society, the process of editing, the medium of blogging, etc. The book is definitely useful in this setting, and forces graduate students to tie theoretical discussions with practical, real-life situations. I am excited, however, to try out "IraqiGirl" in future undergraduate classes where I expect students will engage more directly with Hadiya's voice and emotions.
I recently taught "IraqiGirl" in a graduate class in Postcolonial Studies, which led to some provocative discussions about Western representations of non-Western society, the process of editing, the medium of blogging, etc. The book is definitely useful in this setting, and forces graduate students to tie theoretical discussions with practical, real-life situations. I am excited, however, to try out "IraqiGirl" in future undergraduate classes where I expect students will engage more directly with Hadiya's voice and emotions.
1 人中、1人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
An experience of life under war, as a member of an occupied nation
2009/11/17
形式:ペーパーバック
IRAQIGIRL comes from teen Hadiuya, blogging from her hometown of Mosul, Iraq to the world to reveal her daily life under military occupation of her country. It's more than just one girl's diary: it's an experience of life under war, as a member of an occupied nation, and offers observations, stories of changed lives, and ultimately an account of survival.
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