aborham's review against another edition
3.0
The writing style is not that easy to follow and I really don't like that orientalist tone but overall it draws sketches of Iraqis cities that I am sure are completely changed.
meryemelnejefi's review
1.0
I found this writers world view to be racist. I think I tried to overlook my feeling until we got to the point where it was implied that Armenians deserved the Armenian genocide.
There aren’t many books about Iraq in English and this one has really high overall rating. So this review is a caution to other Iraqi diaspora as I wish there had been one before I bought this book.
There aren’t many books about Iraq in English and this one has really high overall rating. So this review is a caution to other Iraqi diaspora as I wish there had been one before I bought this book.
barefootsong's review against another edition
4.0
Baghdad Sketches was the first of Stark's writings to be published and presents a series of short essays on her experiences in and around Baghdad. Her writing is simply breathtaking, whether she is describing the landscape or the people, and she has such great respect for what she's writing about. She's definitely one of my heroes, both as a traveller and as a writer.
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