Tag archive: Iraq
Living a better story
For the third time in two years, I read Donald Miller’s A Million Miles in a Thousand Years. If you remember the last time I blogged about the book, I was leaving for Iraq. I found a story to fight… continue reading »
Missing Suly
I want to cry when I think of this: I preferred to buy groceries in the basement of the mall, Rand Gallery. Sure, there was a market just at the end of our block, but it had less variety. Rand… continue reading »
Good morning
But friends, your dead will live, your corpses will get to their feet.All you dead and buried, wake up! Sing!Your dew is morning dew catching the first rays of sun,The earth bursting with life, giving birth to the dead. Come,… continue reading »
On health care in Iraq
Health care – or “Obamacare” – is still a buzz word around here. Though having been out of the country for two months, and completely shutting myself off from American politics, I knew that the tension of the healthcare reform… continue reading »
Jesus Wore Klash
The Word became flesh and blood and moved into the neighborhood.—Kurdish men wear these funny shoes called klash. They’re handmade, hand-sown clogs with a hard sole and white top. Ever since Lydia and I first arrived at the Sulaimania airport,… continue reading »
Jeremy Courtney is legit.
I’ve had this blog in my head for a while. I didn’t want to write it until I was home in the States. I didn’t want anyone to think Jeremy coerced me into writing it. I promise: no coercing took… continue reading »
Nine of the fifteen people I live with
I love them. Back-front, L-R:JoeyD-BuckSophiePopBenjiMe! (Laurenzo)Claireta “Killer”AlexiEl PresidenteLydEstah
Happy (belated) America Day from Iraq
It’s fun celebrating an American holiday abroad. I highly recommend it. I love that no one understood why we ran to the basement Ferdos market to find sparklers; or why we made a makeshift American flag and saluted to it.… continue reading »
it’s all crazy; it’s all false; it’s all a dream; it’s alright
A huge part of why I’m in Iraq is to correct my preconceived notions about Iraqis, Kurds and Muslims – and yours too. Joshua, Jeremy and the guy interns get to hang out with Sheikh Ali, a Muslim sheikh (religious… continue reading »
Nom nom nom
I think I’ve grown out of my picky eating phase. Unlike 8-year-old Lauren, I now eat mushrooms, onions, thin crust pizza, Subway, most fruits, etc. I still won’t eat tomatoes, but that’s beside the point. Finding food in Iraq that… continue reading »