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Vignette
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Sarajevo, My Love
01 Feb 2011 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
Life seems to have returned to the city, where just a few years ago the trees in the public parks were cut down for firewood and the Olympic ice rink was used as a makeshift morgue.
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Thievery Corp and Massive Attack
07 Nov 2010 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
Yesterday I went to see Thievery Corp and Massive Attack playing at the Greek Theater in Berkeley.
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Amorphophallus Titanum
01 Jul 2010 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
The titan arum or Amorphophallus titanum (from Ancient Greek amorphos, “without form, misshapen” + phallos, “penis”, and titan, “giant”) is a flowering plant with the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world.
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Orpheus’s Error
18 Mar 2010 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
Taking cover from death, I live in a tomb. My CHU (Containerized Housing Unit) is tightly girded by twelve-foot-high concrete T-walls.
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The Life and Opinions of Captain Donald Lipscomb
17 Mar 2010 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
My Vietnamese name is Le Hoang Dung. My American name is Donald Lipscomb.
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City of Trash
14 Mar 2010 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
After the post-election glow, Baghdad is back in the real world. The streets are clogged with vehicles honking and people hawking.
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The Hurt Locker 2
10 Mar 2010 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
Three days after Iraqis voted amid a barrage of bombs and Hollywood awarded Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker six Academy Awards (including Best Picture and Best Director), I’m at Baghdad’s General Counter Explosive Directorate, the center of Iraq’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal programs.
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Baghdad: Election Day
08 Mar 2010 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
Under the quarter moon, in the high beams of their armored vehicles, US soldiers are gearing up for the most important day of the Iraq War.
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Inside the Citadel
06 Mar 2010 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
Friday. A day for prayer. Two days before the national elections. Still warm and sunny.
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Policing the International Zone
05 Mar 2010 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
Pickup trucks, SUVs, military trucks, Humvees, fire trucks, ambulances. Honking. Singing. It all looks like a big tailgate party.
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