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Mars Over Baghdad: Miracles in the Desert

Iraq Marga OrtigasNovember 6, 2018 Places

ASTROLOGICAL APPOINTMENT 3a.m., 27th of August 2003.  That was when Mars would’ve been visible from Baghdad. Yes — the planet Mars — seen from the …

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At Majeed’s: Art, Truth, & War in Baghdad

Iraq Marga OrtigasFebruary 4, 2017 People Places Prose

The afternoon was overcast. The way most December afternoons are in Baghdad. A soft mud-yellow breeze blowing against a beige sky. The brown date palms …

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Sandstorm

Iraq Marga OrtigasMarch 8, 2005 Places Prose

Where does one life end and another begin? In the whirlwind of a sandstorm… how do you see the beloved’s face? The beloved. A mirage. …

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9-11

Iraq Marga OrtigasSeptember 11, 2003 Prose

Two years. Two years, today. It’s nearly one in the morning, and the day gone by is already a blur.  I seem to be thinking …

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Desert Stories

Iraq Marga OrtigasAugust 13, 2003 Places Prose

I don’t remember what day it was.  All I know is it was hot. Like every other day this month has been. Hot.  Very hot. …

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