A Soccer Win, Art Work, Academic Success, Little Politics and Other Matters Around Iraqi Blogsphere!!!

Iraqi Mojo is reporting about our national soccer team wins 1st home game in 7 years:

Iraq played its first home soccer game since 2002, defeating Palestine 3-0 in a match that was as much about the nation's struggle for stability as it was about sports.A sellout crowd of about 25,000 attended the exhibition game at Fransou Hariri Stadium, many waving Iraq and Palestine flags and chanting "Iraq, Iraq."

The two teams will play again today at Al Sha'ab National Stadium in Baghdad which represents the first match of its kind in our capital for a long time.

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Also, Iraqi Mojo has a question:

Is Maliki abusing his powers?

He explains his question by stating:

"Maliki’s ascent has become a familiar narrative in Iraq. In 2006, a reputation for weakness helped secure him the post. Opponents deemed him malleable. Since then, he has concentrated power in the hands of what critics call “the impenetrable circle’’ and taken command of military units that delivered him and his Dawa party what they had lacked since 2003: men with guns.


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Sami at the Iraqi Skies is flying high. This time Sami is reviwing a novel entitled "Victoria". I have to say that Sami is alwsays faitful to the readers of his blog:

I was worried as I was reading the novel about the fate of Victoria till I reached the middle of chapter seven, page 78, when she quit her plan to suicide and she aimed to go back home. I decided that I should stop reading now and told you about this magnifisant novel, “Victoria”, written in Hebrew by Sami Michael, translated to Arabic by Raja’a Naqqash.

I enjojed more than any thing else, the pictures of Baghdad bridges and in particular, the hanging bridge which was opened in 1959:

An Imaginary Image of an Old Bagdadian Bridge



The Hanging Bridge



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Eye Raki is reporting about Moqtada telling the Mehdi Army, "Let's Talk":

A recent video has emerged showing Moqtada al-Sadr speaking to members of the Sadr Movement and Mehdi Army in what appears to be Iraq. There are many 'special' moments in this video.

Oh ALLAH protect the Iraqi people form all types of militias.

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Son of Dijla is showing many Photos of what he called Unusual Larger Than Life Objects and the following are only two examples:

Giant Fried Eggs



Also, the following beautiful Giant Picnic Basket



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Congratulation to all our collegaues, the Iraqi bloggers who finished their exams and managed not only to succeed but to get the highest grades too. They are:

Violet For Peace
Mosul 4 all
Events in my life
Baghdad Girl

Also, we have other colleagues who have just finished their exams:

Sunshine
Sandybelle
khatoonswalif
Noorelqamar
Touta

Najma at A Star from Mosul and HNK have finished their exams. I'm sure they would be very successful despite the fact they did n't report back. However, we know that as of now, they are performing Al-Umrah according to Najma's last post:

My parents, HNK and I are going to do Al-Umrah inshallah. This is going to be really exciting. This time I'm not going to ask you to pray for me, but rather it would be me praying for you! :D

A bounch of flowers to everybody!



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Noor el Qamar expresses her sadness on the departure of her relatives. However her mum is giving her a valuable advice:

"il dinya dar itafree8" (the world is a house of seperations).

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Mohammed at Iraq the Model is writing about two issues:

1. The ethnic clashes in China which took away the life of more than 180 individuals from the minority Muslim Uighur community
2.Egyptian Marwa Shirbini who was killed in Germany by an individual representing rightwing extremists supposedly because of her veil.

He concludes by stating:

The conflicting differences in Muslim reactions to the two cases I mentioned above demonstrate that the issue is not the act itself (i.e. cartoons, veil) but the using of the situation to enable the accomplishment of the greater political and/or military goal. The angry mobs we see in the streets are the tools created by political state and non-state actors with supporting media becoming the delivery mechanism. The reactions are not guided by a moral cause, the number of victims, or the type of atrocity.

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Nadia at her Art Tray is showing some fanatastic art work. Have a look and marvel:

Iraqi eyes that are stylish and elegant



Um el 3abaya -THE BRIDE which is an attractive Iraqi face



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