Author(s): Thura al-Windawi

Children Non Fiction

What would it really be like to live through the bombing of Baghdad?

This poignant diary is a first-hand account of a family in a city living under attack. Written by a nineteen-year-old Iraqi girl, Thura al-Windawi, who describes the chaos and destruction around her.
Thura's Diary gives a compelling insight into the way that the war affected those who were closest to the conflict. In it Thura speaks of how families tried to keep life as normal as possible despite the fear of bombs, the constant worry over family members and of how lives in Iraq were changed forever.