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Acknowledgments These people, in no particular order, helped me maintain my sanity (and safety) as I lived and wrote this book. Shukran. Mom, Dad, Therese, Stephen, Uncle Larry, Alaa Kamel, Ralph Hassall, Mark Gordon-James, Kathleen McCaul, Catherine Arnold, Seb Walker, Kareem Omer, Rosie Garthwaite, James Brandon, Ali Hamid Manhal, Naser Thabit, Ahmed Ayad, Salam Sadeq, Samer Sadeq, Shaalan Al-Jabouri, Shadi AlQassim , Rory, Latifa, Babs, Lauren and the Aposhian family, Sarah Smiles, Ziad, The H-bomb, Dr. Kubba, Yousef Alaa, Rebecca Lossin, Wisam Al-Atrachji, David Martinez, Paola Gasparoli , Isam Rashid, Yunis and his family, Nay, Jerry Marogil, Jim Reische, Christian Parenti, Dahr Jamail, Salam Talib, Eman Khammas, Jo Wilding, Rana Al-Ayoubi, Mira Minkara, and Jassim Mohamed. Special thanks to Yahya Sadowski for letting me write my term papers in Baghdad, to Fadhil for lying to the neighbors, and to Kathleen’s mom. All articles from the Baghdad Bulletin are printed here as they appeared in the magazine, without further editing. Hathahee al-hurrea! ...

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