BAGHDAD — Two years after the invasion of Iraq and just weeks before the country’s first free election, Amina began wearing a headscarf for the first time in her life. Her father insisted. “I don’t like this — and I don’t see the danger. No one ever bothered me before,” Amina says, sitting in her […]
Zelie Pollon
Zelie Pollon, a freelance writer from Santa Fe, N.M., is in Iraq for the second time. The first time, she interviewed more than 100 Iraqi citizens for an independent venture called the “Baghdad Project.” This story was distributed by AlterNet, the news service of the alternative press.
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Wing and a prayer
In waging war, cherish the spirit of the peacemaker, that, by conquering those whom you attack, you may lead them back to the advantages of peace; for as our Lord says: ‘Blessed are the peacemakers; for they shall be called the children of God.’” Ñ Excerpt of letter from St. Augustine, included in “On Just […]
