Grandma’s 60 Years Diaries

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Hi there,

If you wish to be updated with what happens with my grandma’s 60+ years worth of diaries, leave your email above! I will be reading them across the next few weeks and deciding what to do next. Translating, archiving, etc…
My grandmother has lived through very interesting times, and every single day since 1957 is documented! That’s over 22,000 days!

So my sister visited my grandmother’s house in Baghdad and found this treasure:

60+ years of her diaries from 1950s till present day. Absolute gold. pic.twitter.com/bEMyI0lV9a

— Ahmed AlRawi (@ahmedtherawi) December 29, 2018

Some major events in Iraq that she lived through:

1. The fall of the Iraqi Kingdom in a Military Coup
2. The rise of the Arab Socialist Union
3. The rise of the Ba’athist Party
4. The rise of Saddam Hussain
5. Iraq’s Peak Economically & Scientifically
6. Iran-Iraq War
7. First US-Iraq war
8. …