With Pulitzer Prize-winner Anthony Shadid going back to the war-torn Iraq and the great work photographer Andrea Bruce is doing there, the real picture of Iraq has finally emerged, after two years of regular, non-powerful articles that did not reflect much of the country’s turmoil.
Shadid who won the Pulitzer for International Reporting in 2004 has recently returned to the segregated, wall-divided Baghdad which he left a few years ago. It hasn’t been that long since his stories started bringing my attention again. Like in his must-read book Night Draws Near, his stories are full of life. You can actually imagine yourself in whatever place or situation he describes. And of course, on today’s Washington Post front page, Shadid had THE story. In an article that other reporters have actually failed in investigating, he was the one who wrote in details about what Iraqis really feel these days. His words in his “In Iraq, the Day After” were extremely similar to what I hear from my family and friends, something American news headlines have intentionally ignored since last year.
Before Shadid returned to Iraq, I have been mostly fond of one particular thing on washingtonpost.com: Unseen Iraq, a blog maintained by Andrea Bruce, a Washington Post staff photographer who received several awards for her international photography. In addition to her amazing eye in shooting pictures, Bruce has a great style of writing and an honest description of the images she snaps.
That being said, I would advice the readers of this blog to follow Shadid and Bruce’s great work more often. Their work is honest, sincere, and accurate and is not motivated by certain propaganda. It is a mere reflection of life through words and photos.
Blog.bassamsebti@gmail.com
Shadid who won the Pulitzer for International Reporting in 2004 has recently returned to the segregated, wall-divided Baghdad which he left a few years ago. It hasn’t been that long since his stories started bringing my attention again. Like in his must-read book Night Draws Near, his stories are full of life. You can actually imagine yourself in whatever place or situation he describes. And of course, on today’s Washington Post front page, Shadid had THE story. In an article that other reporters have actually failed in investigating, he was the one who wrote in details about what Iraqis really feel these days. His words in his “In Iraq, the Day After” were extremely similar to what I hear from my family and friends, something American news headlines have intentionally ignored since last year.
Before Shadid returned to Iraq, I have been mostly fond of one particular thing on washingtonpost.com: Unseen Iraq, a blog maintained by Andrea Bruce, a Washington Post staff photographer who received several awards for her international photography. In addition to her amazing eye in shooting pictures, Bruce has a great style of writing and an honest description of the images she snaps.
That being said, I would advice the readers of this blog to follow Shadid and Bruce’s great work more often. Their work is honest, sincere, and accurate and is not motivated by certain propaganda. It is a mere reflection of life through words and photos.
Blog.bassamsebti@gmail.com
