HW 27: An Annotated Bibliography for Baghdad Burning

Riverbend, Baghdad Burning. 1st. New York: Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 2005.

In A Blog of One’s Own: Women in the Digital Revolution, students will be able to learn from Riverbend’s Baghdad Burning. Baghdad Burning is a collection of blog posts that Riverbend wrote about her personal experience in her hometown of Baghdad. The reader does not know much about the author only that she is in her twenties, lives with her family and brother and she worked with computers. The reader does not know Riverbend’s real name. In the foreword and introduction of Baghdad Burning, the reader is give basic information about Riverbend, the history of Iraq and the 2003 War. In Riverbend’s post, she shares her opinions of the war and shares her everyday life with the reader.
Students of A Blog of One’s Own, can defiantly benefit from this book. Student receive a first hand experience with blogs and acquire knowledge of the war that is occurring in Iraq. Students will have some struggles with this reading because students are not all that familiar with the Iraqi lifestyle and the War. But by reading this blog students will achieve a better understanding of the everyday life in Iraq.
Baghdad Burning was published because the Feminist Press wanted more people to read this blog. However, Baghdad Burning was writing because Riverbend wanted to rant about her feelings towards the War.