I still remember that day. News about the falling of the regime was dazzling, we where at the big family houe when we heard the news. I remember being very surprised when I heard in the radio what the presenter says: " Saddam Hussain, the former Iraqi president" !
" What?!!!" I remeber crying. My uncle was there saying : " Yeah, that is the end! he is no longer the president!"
Later in the afternoon, we say American choppers fly over the neighborhood where the house is. then at the sunset, we saw American soldiers walking there.
That was a really dazzling day, most of us were in denial.
Well, a lot had happened during the past five years. Changes, lots of changes, mostly violent.
Since the war, public services is less; electricity is non-stable, keeps cutting untill we had to utilize many alternatives. Water, we had a tragedy with it until we installed our own water storage.
Violance, killing everwhere. Bloodshed is a common daily event..
Changes of leaders and governments. Sect conflicts and disputes, political crises. Boming with all methods possible and impossible, roadside bombs, car bombs, belt bombing, women bombing, animal bombing and even they tie bombs to mentally ill people!!!
Lack of security and safety made our movement semi-impossible.
Made life of women harder than it already is, started with the kidnapping after the war, till the killing and violance now, killing and violence against women or a member of family, such as husbands, fathers or brothers.
Lack of freedom and increasing of radicalism and strict social traditions, limited movement.
One of us cannot move outside the house alone without the company of family member or a friend .
Families being moved from their houses by force and plenty of people left the country to neighboring countries or others..
Since few months ago, the situation calmed down. We finaly thought that we can breath again. but not for long. Now the clashes of Shiit militias ans US and Iraqi forces is still on going.
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