On the Ground in Iraq
2006-07-16T22:00:48-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvNzE0XC8xOTI5NzItbS5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==The annual First Person Arts Festival featured the works of two web loggers about the war in Iraq. Mr. Buzzell and Ms. El-Shamayleh read selections from memoirs and then answered questions from the audience. Peter Lems moderated the discussion.
Mr. Buzzell is the author of My War: Killing Time in Iraq, published by Putnam. Mr. Buzzell, who served with the U.S. Army in Iraq for one year, started a web log while stationed there in 2004.
Ms. El-Shamayleh, a graduate student at New York University, presented the work of an Iraqi blogger. Riverbend is the author of the book Baghdad Burning: Girl Blog from Iraq, published by The Feminist Press at CUNY. Riverbend is the pseudonym of a Baghdad-based computer programmer in her twenties who began reporting on the war in August 2003.
Portions of this program contain language that viewers may find offensive.
Mr. Buzzell is the author of My War: Killing Time in Iraq, published by Putnam. Mr. Buzzell, who served with the U.S. Army in Iraq for one year, started a web log while stationed there in 2004.
Ms. El-Shamayleh, a graduate student at New York University, presented the work of an Iraqi blogger. Riverbend is the author of the book Baghdad Burning: Girl Blog from Iraq, published by The Feminist Press at CUNY. Riverbend is the pseudonym of a Baghdad-based computer programmer in her twenties who began reporting on the war in August 2003.
Portions of this program contain language that viewers may find offensive.
The annual First Person Arts Festival featured the works of two web loggers about the war in Iraq. Mr. Buzzell and Ms. El-Shamayleh read… read more
The annual First Person Arts Festival featured the works of two web loggers about the war in Iraq. Mr. Buzzell and Ms. El-Shamayleh read selections from memoirs and then answered questions from the audience. Peter Lems moderated the discussion.
Mr. Buzzell is the author of My War: Killing Time in Iraq, published by Putnam. Mr. Buzzell, who served with the U.S. Army in Iraq for one year, started a web log while stationed there in 2004.
Ms. El-Shamayleh, a graduate student at New York University, presented the work of an Iraqi blogger. Riverbend is the author of the book Baghdad Burning: Girl Blog from Iraq, published by The Feminist Press at CUNY. Riverbend is the pseudonym of a Baghdad-based computer programmer in her twenties who began reporting on the war in August 2003.
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