“You are a tough Iraqi girl”, my dad tells me at age 16 as I am about to undergo a minor surgical procedure. “I am a tough Iraqi girl”, I repeat after him. My dad gives me the thumbs up and smiles. “That’s my girl” he says, “Don’t worry it is a minor surgery, everything [...]
Archives for Iraq
My small thin multi-national wedding
The story of three generations of women in my family (grandmother, mother and myself). How each one of us chose to marry a foreigner and traveled all around the world with him.
Presidential Dreams
Last night I had a dream, I was standing in a room in front of a projector giving a business presentation. Saddam Hussein was sitting in the audience; he asked stupid questions, looked impatient with my presentation and showed very little interest in what I was saying. I kept it short, collected my stuff at [...]
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