La herencia de la Revolución rusa

En el mes de octubre de 2003, seis meses después de la caída del régimen de Saddam Hussein, la autora inicia un viaje en solitario a Irak. En medio de una sociedad dividida entre la esperanza y la desesperación, la escritora es acogida en la casa de Umm Zina, una mujer kurda que ha regresado recientemente del exilio. A partir de la convivencia diaria, la autora recrea la crónica de Umm Zina. El testimonio de esta mujer representa la dimensión més humana que se esconde tras la barbarie de la guerra.

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Springfield Township, Montgomery County, adjoins the city of Philadelphia on its northern border. The township's six-plus square miles, originally established as "Penn's Manor of Springfield," was a gift from William Penn to his wife, Gulielma Maria Springett, c. 1681. This historic township was home to a major stagecoach line and its associated taverns and inns, considerable activity during the Revolutionary War, summertime residences of Philadelphia's wealthy, and subsequent post-World War II development as a burgeoning community just over the Philadelphia border. Springfield Township's...

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