“These terrorists were trying to do whatever they could to displace us. There were Sunnis in our village as well, by the way. About half the families were Sunni and the other half Shi’ites. We all banded together against these...

“What I did not understand was how much damage had been done to the minds of Iraqi people. I was naive.” In Voices from Iraq: A People’s History, 2003-2009, Mithal Al-Alusi describes his return to Iraq after nearly thirty years...

“We made our way to the road. There were some shepherds there with sheep. They saw us planting the bomb but said nothing. It all seemed like a game, honestly.” The following excerpt from Voices from Iraq: A People’s History,...

“I cried for Iraq. To me the fall of that statue was a symbol for the fall of the country, not just one dictator.” Mark Kukis’s Voices from Iraq: A People’s History, 2003-2009 collects testimonies from a wide range of...