Wall Street Journal
Each location was more heavily fortified than the last, writes
Farnaz Fassihi, who recently left Iraq. "As the madness around us grew, the desire to create something resembling a domestic life intensified. We became experts in turning the dingiest rooms into somewhat cheerful spaces. I lit vanilla candles to get rid of the rotten smell and threw an orange and red tribal Kilim on the torn-up carpet of one room." (
Earlier: Fassihi's 2004 e-mail to friends.)
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War News Radio airs incisive, startling reports on daily life in Iraq (LAT)
