About Salam Adil
- not my real name. Why? I run a well known Arab company and blogging lets me say what I really think without worrying about who is reading. I am an Iraqi who has lived nearly all my life in London. I feel blogs give people a small snapshot into the worlds of ordinary people from their front door, which the media cannot. Without blogging you would only ever see the journalists side of the picture.
Finally - I also blog. You can read my thoughts at http://asterism.blogspot.com
Latest posts by Salam Adil
Stories
June 28th, 2009
Iraq: Reflecting on Iran
Iraq: Remembering Michael Jackson
March 26th, 2009
Iraq: Six Years On
March 14th, 2009
Iraq: Increasing Violence and Fragile Security
A new wave of bombings is rocking Baghdad after a period of relative quiet. Salam Adil digs into the Iraqi blogosphere for the reactions of bloggers on the recent developments on the ground.
February 3rd, 2009
Iraq: Elections Have Come and Gone
Elections have come and gone in Iraq. With reports that the day passed peacefully, the whole process could have been seen as the most boring national event after the war. Salam Adil digs into the Iraqi blogosphere to bring us the story.
December 16th, 2008
George Bush and Iraq: ‘Shoe'denfreude?
Will this become one of those moments in history? In years to come will you recount to your grand children where you were when an Iraqi journalist, Montather Al-Zeidi, threw his shoes at the president of the United States? For me I was at home just getting my kids ready to sleep when my father called me insisting that I simply had to switch on the television immediately.
Iraqi bloggers reacted in much the same way with a number who wrote their first new post in months just to make their comment.
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