Erasing Iraq — The Official Excerpt
Last week, HELO magazine ran an official excerpt of Erasing Iraq. Editors selected a passage written by Nuha al-Radi, an Iraqi artist who suffered through the first Gulf War and crippling UN sanctions. HELO framed her words with the following introduction:
From artist Nuha al-Radi reflecting on the Gulf War in 1991 – “Nights and days full of noise, no sleep possible. For forty days and nights, a Biblical figure, we have stood with our mouths open swallowing bombs…” – to blogger Sunshine venting about Mosul in 2009 – “Imagine losing 41 people in one day, family members, relatives, friends, kids, women, old and young…It is unfair…Why? What was their guilt?…” the stories are full of colorful, if painful detail.
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