GHAITH ABDUL-AHAD is an Iraqi journalist. Born in Baghdad in 1975, he trained as an architect before he was conscripted into Saddam Hussein’s army, which he deserted. Soon after U.S.-led coalition forces took control of Baghdad in April 2003, he began writing for The Guardian. He has won numerous awards, including the British Press Awards’ Foreign Reporter of the Year and two News and Documentary Emmy Awards. He currently lives in Istanbul.
An award-winning journalist’s powerful portrait of his native Baghdad, the people of Iraq, and twenty years of war.“An essential insider account of the unravelling of Iraq…Driven by his intimate knowledge and deep personal stakes, ...
