Our Women on the Ground

4.5

Fascinating and powerful essay collection. So many varied perspectives within the collection give a well rounded picture of the difficulties facing women journalists, and women in general, in the unsettled Arab world of today.

I hope to return to this book soon. It is so powerful and so human, and the stories are more pressing than ever given the current conflicts in the Mideast. I have so much respect for these journalists: their thoughts, unrelenting strength in documenting war in a raw and human way, efforts to expose stories of women + peoples that might be otherwise overlooked, and courageous empathy. I hold war journalists in very high regard and I really appreciated hearing the unique perspectives of these reporters, their careers, and identities.

Reading this soon after [b:Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War|543103|Generation Kill Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War|Evan Wright|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1441919496l/543103.SY75.jpg|908023] and before meeting/speaking with Iraqi exchange students helped me get a more nuanced view of the war in Iraq and, more broadly, Mideast countries and people.

I love all of these stories but The Woman Question (loved that she referenced Generation Kill) and Maps of Iraq stood out to me the first time I read it.

“It is our responsibility to do our utmost to acquire the answers, to dig them up with our bare hands if we must.”