If you have been to Havana and have been seduced by it, a new film will send you back, it seems. The film is called “Suite Habana” and is described, by The Guardian, as “stark, beautiful…the ...
Author: Peter Maass
I was born and raised in Los Angeles. In 1983, after graduating from the University of California at Berkeley, I went to Brussels as a copy editor for The Wall Street Journal/Europe. I left the Journal in 1985 to write for The New York Times and The International Herald Tribune, covering NATO and the European Union. In 1987 I moved to Seoul, South Korea, where I wrote primarily for The Washington Post. After three years in Asia I moved to Budapest to cover Eastern Europe and the Balkans. I spent most of 1992 and 1993 covering the war in Bosnia for the Post.
The Race to Baghdad
Outside Magazine
This spring, a quarter of a million Americans took a trip. It was noisy, hot, and violent. Accommodations were poor. Some of them didn’t come back.
July 2003
I do not know the value of life. In every war zone that I find myself in, I routinely fail to establish ...
Iraq: It’s a Mess
Read all about it, sadly, in today’s Washington Post. “‘We’ve been given a job that we haven’t prepared for, we haven’t trained for, that we weren’t ready for,’ ...
The Race to Baghdad, Cont.
My story in Outside, about my journey through Iraq, is posted here.
The Race to Baghdad
What was it like to cover the war in Iraq? My 7,500-word story about my journey from Kuwait to Baghdad is in the July issue of Outside magazine. The article, “The Race to Baghdad,” is not posted online yet but the issue is available at newsstands.
Meet the New Boss
The New York Times Magazine
Dathar Khashab had what it took to maneuver his way up through the ranks in Saddam Hussein’s oil bureaucracy. When his new managers showed up wearing U.S.-issue fatigues, he didn’t miss a step.
June 8, 2003
There are two types of people who do ...
Meet the New Boss
Dathar Khashab had what it took to maneuver his way up through the ranks in Saddam Hussein’s oil bureaucracy. When his new managers showed up wearing U.S.-issue fatigues, he didn’t miss a step. My latest story, about a G.I. and a Baathist, is in this weekend’s issue of The ...
Salam Pax, Cont.
How was I to know that my Baghdad interpreter was famous? Public Radio International has posted a cute story about Salam Pax and the dimwitted foreign correspondents, including myself, who figured out who he is. Click here and scroll down to “Blog Report” for the audio file.
Salam Pax Exists
During the war in Iraq, a blogger in Baghdad became a sensation on the Web, attracting a considerable following to his blog. He also attracted a considerable mystery–was he for real? I stumbled onto the answer, and my story about it, in Slate, is posted here.
Salam Pax Is Real
Slate
How do I know Baghdad’s famous blogger exists? He worked for me.
June 2, 2003
Baghdad was hectic when two blogging friends e-mailed me to suggest that I track down “Salam Pax.” I had no idea who or what they were talking about. I could have handed over the job ...