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> [There hasn't been a lot written about it in the Western media. But in the Arab world, and Western Asia as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annia-ciezadlo/there-hasn-t-been-a-lot-written-about-it-in-the-western-media-but-in/)

[Annia Ciezadlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annia-ciezadlo/)

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> [There were a hundred booksellers in the old round city founded by the eighth-century caliph al-Mansur. The café and wine-drinking culture of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annia-ciezadlo/there-were-a-hundred-booksellers-in-the-old-round-city-founded-by-the/)

[Annia Ciezadlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annia-ciezadlo/)

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> [Pedro Teixeira, the great Portuguese merchant-adventurer, wrote a beautiful description of a coffeehouse with windows overlooking the Tigris and the ruins of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annia-ciezadlo/pedro-teixeira-the-great-portuguese-merchant-adventurer-wrote-a/)

[Annia Ciezadlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annia-ciezadlo/)

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## Other authors on Baghdad

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-mohammed-saeed-alsahaf-68860.jpg) Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf 40 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baghdad/mohammed-saeed-al-sahaf/)

## More by Annia Ciezadlo

> [Americans are curious about the texture of everyday life in the Middle East because they rarely get to see it. I wanted readers to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annia-ciezadlo/americans-are-curious-about-the-texture-of-everyday-life-in-the/)

[Annia Ciezadlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annia-ciezadlo/)

> [In the Middle East, bread is so essential to everyday life that word for it in Egyptian Arabic is aish, which means life. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annia-ciezadlo/in-the-middle-east-bread-is-so-essential-to-everyday-life-that-word/)

[Annia Ciezadlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annia-ciezadlo/)

> [There's a long history in the Middle East of "bread intifadas," starting with 1977 in Egypt, when Anwar Sadat tried to lift bread subsidies.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annia-ciezadlo/there-s-a-long-history-in-the-middle-east-of-bread-intifadas-starting/)

[Annia Ciezadlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annia-ciezadlo/)

> [But how can you understand a war without any knowledge of the society where it happens? It's like trying to understand birth without knowing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annia-ciezadlo/but-how-can-you-understand-a-war-without-any-knowledge-of-the-society/)

[Annia Ciezadlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annia-ciezadlo/)

> [I chose to write about food: food is inherently political, but it's also an essential part of people's real lives. It's where the public…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annia-ciezadlo/i-chose-to-write-about-food-food-is-inherently-political-but-it-s/)

[Annia Ciezadlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annia-ciezadlo/)

> [The Middle East is the only region in the world outside of sub-Saharan Africa where rates of malnutrition actually rose over the past decade…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annia-ciezadlo/the-middle-east-is-the-only-region-in-the-world-outside-of-sub/)

[Annia Ciezadlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annia-ciezadlo/)

> [For my generation - the "Children of Nixon," as I call us in the book - the Lebanese civil war was an iconic event.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annia-ciezadlo/for-my-generation-the-children-of-nixon-as-i-call-us-in-the-book-the/)

[Annia Ciezadlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annia-ciezadlo/)

> [The problem is that so many of them are not getting told. This is a massive problem, not just in the Middle East but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annia-ciezadlo/the-problem-is-that-so-many-of-them-are-not-getting-told-this-is-a/)

[Annia Ciezadlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annia-ciezadlo/)

> [There hasn't been a lot written about it in the Western media. But in the Arab world, and Western Asia as a whole, Baghdad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annia-ciezadlo/there-hasn-t-been-a-lot-written-about-it-in-the-western-media-but-in/)

[Annia Ciezadlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annia-ciezadlo/)

> [As a journalist, or an anthropologist, the convention is that people are there for you to study, and they are your objects.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annia-ciezadlo/as-a-journalist-or-an-anthropologist-the-convention-is-that-people/)

[Annia Ciezadlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annia-ciezadlo/)

> [But being an American woman married to an Arab guy - and a Muslim to boot! - put me in a different category. People…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annia-ciezadlo/but-being-an-american-woman-married-to-an-arab-guy-and-a-muslim-to/)

[Annia Ciezadlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annia-ciezadlo/)

> [There were a hundred booksellers in the old round city founded by the eighth-century caliph al-Mansur. The café and wine-drinking culture of Baghdad has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annia-ciezadlo/there-were-a-hundred-booksellers-in-the-old-round-city-founded-by-the/)

[Annia Ciezadlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annia-ciezadlo/)

> [We're taught that domestic life is not a "serious" political topic, like war and peace, but the fact is that we spend most of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annia-ciezadlo/we-re-taught-that-domestic-life-is-not-a-serious-political-topic-like/)

[Annia Ciezadlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annia-ciezadlo/)

> [How can a country be home to sectarian militias and yet also to people who are educated, sophisticated, and pluralistic? This is not a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annia-ciezadlo/how-can-a-country-be-home-to-sectarian-militias-and-yet-also-to/)

[Annia Ciezadlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annia-ciezadlo/)

> [Part of the reason you see so little about this in the Western media is that Iraq was closed off from the outside world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annia-ciezadlo/part-of-the-reason-you-see-so-little-about-this-in-the-western-media/)

[Annia Ciezadlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annia-ciezadlo/)

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