Author Archives: Christina

WBUR’s “Here and Now”: The Iraq War Seen Through The Eyes Of Two Sisters

Listen to 90.0 WBUR in Boston’s profile of “Sisters in War”: http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2011/01/06/sisters-in-war In her new book, “Sisters in War,” journalist Christina Asquith profiles Zia and Nunu, two Iraqi sisters whom Christina met while covering the second Gulf War. Initially hopeful about the fall of Saddam Hussein, Zia goes to work as a translator in the [...]

NPR’s Weekend Edition interviews Christina Asquith

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124414117

ABC News segment on Sisters in War

abcnews.go.com/International/ video/womens-roles-changing-iraq-9997793

Profile of Christina Asquith in New Hampshire newspaper

The Wire New Hampshire

Latest review of Sisters in War

Feminist Review says “Sisters in War is a brilliant, convincing, and powerful story”. http://feministreview.blogspot.com/

Seven Days Weekly review of Sisters in War

http://www.7dvt.com/2009sisters-without-borders

Al Jazeera interview

Interviewed by Riz Khan on the fate of Iraqi women (11.25.2009) Part 1: Part 2:

CSPANTV interview with Christina at the National Press Club

Here is a four minute video interview with the author in November at The National Press Club. C-SpanTV

Financial Times says Sisters in War offers “rare, beautifully written insight . . .

“A rare, beautifully written insight into the haunting ways in which women have been affected by the conflict,” – The Financial Times, Nov. 07 200

Forbes Magazine Interview with Christina Asquith

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