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This is my fiance’s aunt whose name is Lamia (spelled phonetically until I learn how to both spell and say it correctly). She is 78 and has been living in Amman, Jordan for about 3-5 years. She was forced out of her Baghdad home under punishment of death by U.S. Marines. She is a retired school teacher and former head administrator of schools in Baghdad. In this short sound clip we hear her tell us what she used to like to do during her retirement back home and what she does now since the United States invaded Iraq. This gets at the heart of my idea for this project: How has the U.S. invasion affected middle class and professional Iraqis and where are they now? Stay tuned, I have some translated audio of her daughter, who is/was a prosecuting attorney in Iraq, and her thoughts on what has happened to her country.

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p.s. i FINALLY got my luggage! phew! 3-days with no new clothes was getting a bit ’sticky’.

NoahC audio documentary, audio sample