The Baghdad Blog - Softcover

Pax, Salam

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1843542625 ISBN 13: 9781843542629

Publisher: Atlantic Books / The Guardian, 2003

Synopsis

In September 2002, a young Iraqi calling himself 'Salam Pax' began posting accounts of everyday life in Baghdad onto the internet. Written in English, these bulletins contained everything from reviews of the latest CDs, to descriptions of Saddam's brutality. In writing this web diary, Salam took a huge risk. Had he been caught criticizing Saddam on his web site, it would have cost him his life. Salam Pax's incisive and dryly funny articles soon attracted a massive worldwide readership. In the months that followed, as an American-led force gathered to destroy the Iraqi regime, his diary became a unique record of the resentment, amusement and terror felt by an ordinary man living through the final days of a long dictatorship, and the chaos that followed its destruction. This book collects together Salam Pax's writings to tell the story of the war in Iraq from inside that besieged country. It provides a uniquely gripping perspective on the conflict and its aftermath. It is a remarkable document.

About this title

Review:

‘My man Salam. I’m a total fan. Tells it like he sees it, and sees it like I can’t’ -- William Gibson

‘Perhaps the most popular and publicized of all blogs... [an] amusing and touching account of the war' -- Daily Telegraph

About the Author:

Salam Pax is a 29 year-old man who lives in Baghdad and writes a fortnightly column about life in Iraq for the Guardian. Salam Pax is a pseudonym.

About this edition

• Publisher: Atlantic Books / The Guardian
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1843542625
• ISBN 13: 9781843542629
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176