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WHO IS SALAM PAX, THE BAGHDAD BLOGGER, and WHERE IS HE?

"Salam Pax" is a pseudonym combining the Arabic and Latin words for peace. He's 36, was born in Iraq, educated in Australia, and when last heard from lived in Baghdad. He has been writing a Web log, or blog, since 2003. For safety, he protected his true identity. Someone revealed who he was, and now it's out there, Salam al-Janabi.

UPDATE 11/1/07- Salam Pax has not been heard from since early 2007. He has not posted on his current blog, his page on Newsvine is gone, he has not submitted any videos to the Guardian U.K. and no one there will tell me if they know anything about his welfare. For the latestg I have, see my blog dedicated to finding information: WHERE IS SALAM PAX?

Photo from German newspaper Stern

BLOG: The Baghdad Blogger, "Salam Pax" -- ("Where is Raed?"). Closed since early 2007. http://dear_raed.blogspot.com/

2006 - Salam has a new blog, "Shut Up You Fat Whiner, but he has not posted in months.

Quote the Baghdad Blogger, "I'm working my way up to PAX TV."

International media attention focused on Iraq in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, or Gulf War II. But with satellite TV banned and access to the Internet heavily censored under the Saddam regime, voices from within the country were few and far between. Into this vacuum stepped a 29-year-old resident of Baghdad, calling himself Salam Pax. His Weblog (blog) documenting life in the Iraqi capital before, during and after the US-led invasion achieved world renown, and he now also writes a regular column in the Guardian, U.K, but he has not contributed in months.

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SALAM'S BOOK, Salam Pax: The Clandestine Diary of an Ordinary Iraqi. Order your copy now.

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Salam Pax's page on the Guardian Unlimited, U.K.
Transcript of live chat with Salam (BBC-Radio4), 9 September 2003.	Transcript of live chat with Salam on the Internet, Guardian Unlimited, UK, 12 September 2003.

Hear Salam Pax speaking on NPR, September 18, with Terry Gross, "Fresh Air."

Salam Pax on what some Iraqi's think about the capture and public humiliation of Saddam Hussein in video posted 23 December. View video at BBC online.

SALAM PAX speaks about Saddam Hussein's Capture (2003).

PHOTOPAGES

(fabulous pictures)

"Salam Pax" - (Where is Raed?) -- http://salampax.fotopages.com/

"G/Gee"(G in Baghdad) -- http://geeinbaghdad.fotopages.com/

"moja_vera" (turningtables) -- http://moja_vera.fotopages.com/

An interesting page with photos by Christopher Allbritton -- http://www.back-to-iraq.com/

Articles in the Guardian, UK, by, or referring to, Salam Pax:

August 13, 2003 -- Baghdad Blogger -- "The temperature is rising. And Baghdad, Basra and Nasiriyah have all erupted on the same day." -- http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,1017329,00.html

July 30, 2003 -- Baghdad Blogger -- "How can Saddam's family expect a proper burial for their sons, when they have denied thousands of others?" -- http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,1008584,00.html

July 2, 2003 -- Baghdad Blogger -- "Basra under the Brits feels like another country. But you must learn to bargain when it comes to blood money ." -- http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,989084,00.html

Other Articles

July 28, 2003 -- "I did not want to be a collaborator" -- "Isam al-Khafaji, a former member of the Iraqi reconstruction council, explains his decision to resign ": http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1007288,00.html

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Last Updated June 2007