Iraq: Death of a Nation? (revisited)
David Enders, for the Pulitzer Center
Rick Rowley was interviewed on Democracy Now! on September 14th about his interaction with Abu Risha in Amman, Jordan during one of his last taped interviews.
As the crowd of chanting men grew around us, my translator gave me a sidelong glance.
"We should leave now," he said.
Iraq's agricultural sector is in serious trouble. The crisis is much worse than one bad growing season, and the explanation goes far beyond drought.
What was it like working as a female reporter in Iraq?
The tough terms dictated by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki in the newly completed U.S.-Iraqi status of forces agreement marked a tactical concession in a domestic Iraqi battle for power that...
Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have been detained by the US, one and a half million have had an immediate family-member detained, almost every Iraqi knows someone who has been through the US...
Moqtada al Sadr and his militia, the Mehdi Army - or 'JAM' in American military shorthand, have been America's most intractable opponents in Iraq.
Muqtada al-Sadr and his armed group, the al-Mahdi army, have been America's most intractable opponents in Iraq, the only major Shia party to make the demand for US troops to withdraw.
Muqtada al-Sadr and his armed group, the al-Mahdi army, have been America's most intractable opponents in Iraq, the only major Shia party to make the demand for US troops to withdraw.
After two years of campaigning, the US Presidential race enters its final week, and for the most of those two years, Iraq looked like an unwinnable war.
After two years of campaigning, the US Presidential race enters its final week, and for the most of those two years, Iraq looked like an unwinnable war.
It may seem hard to imagine a place where people incarcerated by the US military have fewer rights than they do in Guantánamo Bay.
Welcome to Iraq.
Ali approaches me at a Friday prayer service in Sadr City. He wants to talk. A U.S. missile, he says, hit his house in May and killed his two sisters and badly wounded his mother. He is a member of...
The three hotels in this suburb of Basra, the largest city in southern Iraq, are always full.
Here's a Pulitzer-sponsored piece from Sunday's Washington Times.
This wasn't the best trip for blogging, since it was much easier to work than it was last year.
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David Enders is the author of Baghdad Bulletin, an account of his reporting on the American occupation of Iraq. He has reported and produced from the Middle East, Europe and the US for outlets...
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Richard Rowley of Big Noise Films has made four award winning feature documentaries with international theatrical distribution and dozens of short films and television pieces. He has reported from...
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Alaa Majeed is an Iraqi journalist residing in the United States. She has covered the news from Iraq and from Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. While in the United States, she continues to bring the story...