Arab Woman Blues in Spanish.

For Spanish readers, some of my posts have been translated by Sinfo Fernandez from Rebelion.org.
Many thanks to her and to all others who post my writings and thus keep Iraq's story alive, even though she is covered in ashes and dust...for now.

http://rebelion.org/noticia.php?id=100034

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