Not many bloggers left.

What do a 15 year old girl, a dentist, an engineering student and a blogger all have in common?

In this case, they are the last of the english-speaking blog owners inside Iraq, giving us a view of what life is like on a daily basis.  I found them through a referral from Remi to a wonderful, must-read article from the BBC.

"How could they give us this water? Why should I respect, obey or even recognise my government if they are not providing us with electricity, water, or even security?"

" Breathing slowly.  In and out. That's what I have to do to keep myself from crying, and stay alive."

"We're really strangers in our country... oh well, excuse me, I don't think "our" should be used anymore. I'm not sure whose country it is, but it's not mine for sure."

I spend a lot of time following interesting thinkers in my industry.  I've also been known to visit blogs or sites out of a drive to understand or gain insight into an ethnicity.  But sometimes blogging exposing me to a world I couldn't see any other way.  And these moments move me and cause me to pause.

This article was one of those.  Here is the link again.