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This courageous and moving post is from the Iraqi blog, Iraq the Model:
Yes, we still celebrate the arrival of a new year
And we still exchange hugs and wishes
And we still dream of a better new year
Sorry, pessimists, we didn’t lose hope in Iraq yet
And we didn’t decide to surrender
The churches still ring their bells and the car bombs couldn’t stop my people from going there and hold their prayers
We just placed a block on the street
To stop the terrorists, not the visitors
A lady from New York asked me.
Do kids go to school in Iraq?
Yes ma’am; millions of them and every day
We still read and learn and we still hunger for knowledge
...We’ve placed signs of challenge in the streets instead of the New Year’s decorations;
“DON’T WORRY ABOUT IRAQ… WE ARE THE SONS OF IRAQ AND WE WILL PROTECT IT”
“I WILL VOTE FOR A BETTER TOMORROW FOR MY CHILDREN”
Read the whole thing.
