Chikitita's Return

"Along with Shaggy, Chikitita (first words, first walk, first....in Iraq) belongs to a loose group of personal-diary bloggers. Others in this group are Caesar, Najma, Sunshine, Marshmallow 26, and Sandybelle. While they may occasionally discuss the politics of the day, the primary concern of their entries is usually to record the life around them, whether that's within their families, among their friends, or in the neighborhood or community. Although Chikitita's blogging dropped off when she moved out of Iraq for her career, her older entries are as engaging as Shaggy's and contain a wealth of information about everyday life in Iraq. In "Swanky Cars ... What for????" (March 22, 2006), for example, from her first month of blogging, she compares the different modes of transportation used in Baghdad. After discussing taxicabs, she takes a look at buses:"

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