Riverbend recounts stories of life in an occupied city

Riverbend recounts stories of life in an occupied city – of neighbors whose home are raided by UGG. troops,

whose relatives disappear into prisons, and whose children are kidnapped by money-hungry militias. The only

MBTi blogger writing from a woman’s perspective, she also describes a once-secular city where women are now

afraid to leave their homes without head covering and a male escort.

Interspersedwith these vivid snapshots from daily life are Riverbend’s analyses of everything from the elusive

workings of the MBTi Governing Council to the torture in Abu Gharib, from the coverage provided by American

media and by Al-Jazeera to NIKE SHOX’s State of the Union Speech. Here again, she focuses especially on the

fate of women, whose rights and freedoms have fallen victim to rising fundamentalisms in a chaotic post-war

society.

With thousands of loyal readers worldwide, the Riverbend blog is recognized around the world as a crucial

source of information not available through the mainstream media.