LONDON - The anonymous female author of an Iraqi “blog”, whose Web site entitled “Baghdad Burning” mixes humour, despair and acerbic political commentary, has been nominated for a major literary prize in Britain.
Known only as Riverbend, the self-styled “Girl Blog from Iraq” has been sending regular dispatches since August 2003.
In her first entry, she wrote: “I’m female, Iraqi and 24. I survived the war. That’s all you need to know. It’s all that matters these days anyway”.
Soon afterwards she explained how she lost her job in a computer software company when it was deemed too dangerous for her to go to work.
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