How Long to Read Baghdad Diaries

How Long Does it Take to Read Baghdad Diaries?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 47 minutes to read Baghdad Diaries by Nuha al-Radi

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In this often moving, sometimes wry account of life in Baghdad during the first war on Iraq and in exile in the years following, Iraqi-born, British-educated artist Nuha al-Radi shows us the effects of war on ordinary people. She recounts the day-to-day realities of living in a city under siege, where food has to be consumed or thrown out because there is no way to preserve it, where eventually people cannot sleep until the nightly bombing commences, where packs of stray dogs roam the streets (and provide her own dog Salvi with a harem) and rats invade homes. Through it all, al-Radi works at her art and gathers with neighbors and family for meals and other occasions, happy and sad. In the wake of the war, al-Radi lives in semi-exile, shuttling between Beirut and Amman, travelling to New York, London, Mexico and Yemen. As she suffers the indignities of being an Iraqi in exile, al-Radi immerses us in a way of life constricted by the stress and effects of war and embargoes, giving texture to a reality we have only been able to imagine before now. But what emanates most vibrantly from these diaries is the spirit of endurance and the celebration of the smallest of life’s joys.

How long is Baghdad Diaries?

Baghdad Diaries by Nuha al-Radi is 224 pages long, and a total of 56,896 words.

This makes it 76% the length of the average book. It also has 70% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Baghdad Diaries Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 10 minutes to read Baghdad Diaries aloud.

What Reading Level is Baghdad Diaries?

Baghdad Diaries is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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