Here's a great quote: “If I had my way, I’d destroy all the mosques and spread the whores around a little more,” the detective said. “At least they’re not sectarian.”
Also, I love the description of the women in the night club, including Ms. Jamal. In particular, that the author tells of her tight black clothing and the pounds of gold jewelry she wears, then references tough economic times, is really very clever.
This article revealed a lot about Baghdad´s forbidden night live coming up to surface. The “I” voice has no influence on the story, which is right since the author plays only the role of a witness in the narration. I also liked the fast pace and the quotes which lets the reader imagine the ironical scenes described.
I really liked this one: “They were shocked and didn’t agree to open discussion on this issue,” she said. The shock, she said, was that she dared to mention the problem.
However, this confused me about the type of article this was. I couldn't really decide if it was a news report or a narrative essay.
I liked this article. I'm glad to read that Baghdad is now having normal or more common illegal things going on, rather than bombing every now and then.
It's crazy the polices don't do anything to the prostitutes, because they get information from them, but at the same time they should provide for them, so that they won't have to be complete prostitutes.
However, I don't think this is a profile on someone. It might seem as a profile of a place, but it seems more like a news story.
What a shocking article in itself. I second Emily's first quote, but I'm appalled. And, now women can be bought and sent to Syria. I'd like to know more about how safe the prositutes are, this article doesn't begin to get into that. When sex and money are involved, nothing is ever clean and safe. So, it's annoying to see the police interested in keeping around prostitutes so they can use their observations when I think the fact that they have specific info is an argument to the danger they're in already. And what happens to a prositute after she talks to the police? I don't think I like how this article was written. The end just stops. Also, thank you times infinity for posting a short article.
This is a very interesting and shocking article. Although it is good to see that Baghdad is reverting back to how it was (even though the vices are negative, the movement away from bombing is definitely a step in the right direction), the prostitution rings shock me. As Marni said, these women are in such great danger because of their close proximity with the members of Al Qaeda and JAM. Since they provide information for police and detectives, the prostitutes should be granted some form of protection. The only problem that I have with this article is whether it is a profile or not. I think it is a profile on a place and on a group, but not on one person. Also, it ends like a news article in the way that it sort of fizzles out. Overall though, I enjoyed reading this.
Ahhh, nice and short, and kind of funny too. It gets more somber towards the end as stories of individual prostitutes turn out to be less cheerful as the eighteen year old just looking out for herself. But the valium quote is great, the returning to normal, the quote about prostitutes being non-sectarian are all great. But it is more of a straight journalism piece, quote heavy, short paragraphs, about prostitution, and it does seem to end rather abruptly. It's really interesting reading about Baghdad's nightlife though, I didn't know they had such a thing.
Here's a great quote: “If I had my way, I’d destroy all the mosques and spread the whores around a little more,” the detective said. “At least they’re not sectarian.”
ReplyDeleteAlso, I love the description of the women in the night club, including Ms. Jamal. In particular, that the author tells of her tight black clothing and the pounds of gold jewelry she wears, then references tough economic times, is really very clever.
This article revealed a lot about Baghdad´s forbidden night live coming up to surface. The “I” voice has no influence on the story, which is right since the author plays only the role of a witness in the narration. I also liked the fast pace and the quotes which lets the reader imagine the ironical scenes described.
ReplyDeleteI really liked this one: “They were shocked and didn’t agree to open discussion on this issue,” she said. The shock, she said, was that she dared to mention the problem.
However, this confused me about the type of article this was. I couldn't really decide if it was a news report or a narrative essay.
I liked this article. I'm glad to read that Baghdad is now having normal or more common illegal things going on, rather than bombing every now and then.
ReplyDeleteIt's crazy the polices don't do anything to the prostitutes, because they get information from them, but at the same time they should provide for them, so that they won't have to be complete prostitutes.
However, I don't think this is a profile on someone. It might seem as a profile of a place, but it seems more like a news story.
What a shocking article in itself. I second Emily's first quote, but I'm appalled. And, now women can be bought and sent to Syria. I'd like to know more about how safe the prositutes are, this article doesn't begin to get into that. When sex and money are involved, nothing is ever clean and safe. So, it's annoying to see the police interested in keeping around prostitutes so they can use their observations when I think the fact that they have specific info is an argument to the danger they're in already. And what happens to a prositute after she talks to the police?
ReplyDeleteI don't think I like how this article was written. The end just stops.
Also, thank you times infinity for posting a short article.
This is a very interesting and shocking article. Although it is good to see that Baghdad is reverting back to how it was (even though the vices are negative, the movement away from bombing is definitely a step in the right direction), the prostitution rings shock me. As Marni said, these women are in such great danger because of their close proximity with the members of Al Qaeda and JAM. Since they provide information for police and detectives, the prostitutes should be granted some form of protection. The only problem that I have with this article is whether it is a profile or not. I think it is a profile on a place and on a group, but not on one person. Also, it ends like a news article in the way that it sort of fizzles out. Overall though, I enjoyed reading this.
ReplyDeleteAhhh, nice and short, and kind of funny too. It gets more somber towards the end as stories of individual prostitutes turn out to be less cheerful as the eighteen year old just looking out for herself. But the valium quote is great, the returning to normal, the quote about prostitutes being non-sectarian are all great. But it is more of a straight journalism piece, quote heavy, short paragraphs, about prostitution, and it does seem to end rather abruptly.
ReplyDeleteIt's really interesting reading about Baghdad's nightlife though, I didn't know they had such a thing.