Meeting the New Iraq [electronic resource] : A Memoir of Homecoming and Hope.
Material type: TextPublication details: Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2013.Description: 1 online resource (193 p.)ISBN:- 9781476601571 (electronic bk.)
- 1476601577 (electronic bk.)
- 956.70443092
- DS79.5
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Cover; Contents; Foreword by Mudher Al-Hillawi; Preface: A Word to the Wise; I. New Year's Eve, 2010, Baghdad; II. What Does ""Democracy"" Mean?; III. The Blueprint; IV. For Better or for Worse: Iraqis and Americans; Epilogue; Index
This book is about Iraq, now that many say it has begun a long-sought-after democracy. It is very much about this incipient ""democracy,"" which has brought freedoms and rights, and chaos and confusion. The author relates her mission of lending her skills to help Iraq progress towards a better future. And it gives an account of her feelings and experiences upon returning to her native city Baghdad, with each new encounter provoking old memories and building new foundations. This work also describes the current Iraq from the Iraqi-American perspective of someone who lived in the United States f.
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