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Iraq: The Untold Tales

Introduction

Reports of the American led invasion of Iraq filled up enormous amounts of airtime and endless newspaper columns, but the stories circulating in Iraqi communities, at local mosques, Arab gatherings or on Arab websites, told different tales.

I decided to write stories that reflected what the Iraqis I met here in Toronto and the Iraqis I learned about through Arab websites and blogs had to say about the war in Iraq. I pieced together a range of their experiences, concerns and struggles into stories and poems.

“Whether Bayan Khatib seats us at the kitchen table stuffing grape leaves with teasing teenagers, or takes us on a heart stopping ride on a rickety bike with a middle-aged mother, we’re fully there.”
-Karen Graham, author of Will I Have Hair for Grad?

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