​​​We Saw Saddam’s Face on the Moon ​​

Dima Hamdan

It was the kind of shock you feel when someone suddenly slaps you in the face – those few seconds after the assault when you’re frozen, trying to understand what just happened. Iraq was still frozen from the slap and it would remain that way for weeks to come. 

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Posted Apr 18, 2024

A feature for Jummar on the 20th anniversary of the war on Iraq, recounting my first ever foreign assignment as a young journalist. https://jummar.media/en/328

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