Hometown Baghdad

**Doc Holliday** · 27 Sep 2007, 03:56 PM

If you are interested in seeing a perspective on everyday life of the youth of Iraq, this is another set of videos from the same production team as Bridge to Baghdad (mentioned in the Iraq thread).

Hometown Baghdad (2007)

Hometown Baghdad is an online web series about life in Baghdad. It tells the stories of three young Iraqis struggling to survive during the war. The series premiered on March 19th 2007 and the final episode went live on June 17.

The people profiled in 'Hometown Baghdad' are not the usual figures that dominate the media's coverage of the Iraq war: the politicians, the troops, the insurgents or the religious fanatics. They are young, smart ambitious Iraqis struggling with everyday concerns in the middle of a deadly war.

(Where are you from and what is the condition of your neighborhood?) [Saif] I am from Baghdad. My region is a little bit quieter than other regions of Baghdad but you can still hear the sounds of choppers and tanks.

(What is it like to date in Iraq?) [Adel] After the war, there are no more theaters or clubs left to go to. And you can't go to dinner because it's too dangerous at night. So many people hang out in places near the river and at restaurants. Girls are more conservative and they won't go on dates easily. Usually, the boy picks up the girl and they have lunch and talk.