Category: Blog

Salam strikes again and again. The famous blogger of Baghdad (and former interpreter of mine) wants the Americans to succeed in Iraq “because if the occupation forces fail, ...  (Read more)

Before the war in Iraq, the American media generally went along with the White House’s depiction of Saddam Hussein as an imminent threat to world security. Now, with no weapons of mass destruction uncovered in Iraq, the reporting is getting tougher. Today’s Washington ...  (Read more)

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 ...  (Read more)

My story in Outside, about my journey through Iraq, is posted here.

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.

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 ...  (Read more)

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.

If you want to know more about Muqtadah al-Sadr, the Iraqi Shiite leader whom I wrote about in The New York Times Magazine, Public Radio International has posted an interview they did with me. Scroll down to “Islam Interview.”