Bear@Melb

Baghdad Burning

‘Baghdad Burning’ is the personal blog of a young Iraqi woman writing from her besieged capital in the Middle East. Written as classical diary entries, it scrolls down the page being separated into individual days of note. This is supplemented with colour still photographs of Iraqi government media and of daily events. It gives a fly-on-the-wall presentation of the current events of Baghdad not through the media prism that often distorts. Other links are provided to news sources such as the BBC and Al Jazzera in the right hand sidebar. This young Iraqi woman’s detailing of the war from the locale leaves a particular distaste in the mouth of Westerners who are used to having their news filtrated by their local TV networks. It is an effective communication tool in its raw and stark layout that can be updated easily from the Internet cafes of her locale.