Published in ‘No Ordinary Life’

by | Feb 26, 2005 | Books, Everyday me! | 9 comments

Inside the cover

Four opinion pieces I wrote for a British Council project dubbed Counterpoint two years ago have appeared in a book entitled No Ordinary Life: Being Young
in the Worlds of Islam. It’s available here as an Adobe Acrobat document if you’d like a look. [Right click and ‘save link as’ or just click and it will open in your browser.]

As soon as I got to the office this morning I found there was a package in the mail for me that included three copies of this book. I have to admit it made my day. Here are links to four articles published in the book:

Cover imageLooking back at these articles, I realize how both my writing style and political inclination have evolved over the last few years. I’m not sure I would have written the same material if I was approached to do this today. Now I think I would’ve tackled the issues I discussed in the book in a more in-depth manner. Anyway, it always feels great to be published. The pictures will enlarge on click.

9 Comments

  1. Issam Smeir
    Issam Smeir on February 28, 2005 at 12:36 pm

    Congratulations Natasha, way to go.

  2. Ameen Malhas
    Ameen Malhas on February 27, 2005 at 12:26 pm

    Mad Props … As I’ve mentioned a million times before, I’ve closely followed a lot of your writing since 1999, so I would be considered a fan, or worse yet, a groupie.
    Anyhow, all great articles, thanks for the links.
    And one more thing, “To hell with democracy, I want my alcohol!” I’ll raise a glass to that.

  3. Natasha
    Natasha on February 27, 2005 at 3:00 am

    Definitely. The first time I saw my byline was when I was 20. Now after 8 years, I still get the same euphoria.

  4. Linda
    Linda on February 27, 2005 at 2:22 am

    very cool natasha. yeah, it always does feel good to be published. but answer this for me, since i just started out in journalism, and recently have gotten things published, there is always a big smile on my face when i see my by line. now you, you are only 27 and have done a great deal. do u still get that smile on your face when you see your by line?

  5. Kinzi
    Kinzi on February 27, 2005 at 1:54 am

    I add my congrats, Natasha! I’d be interested in hearing how/why your your writing style and political inclinations have changed since then.

  6. Roba
    Roba on February 26, 2005 at 2:57 pm

    Wow Natasha, that’s great! We’re so proud of you 🙂

  7. praktike
    praktike on February 26, 2005 at 1:36 pm

    Thanks for sharing, Natasha. I think that your explanation of mixed feelings about the fall of Baghdad is something that most Americans do not understand, and it’s something I didn’t quite grasp until I watched Control Room. I was touched by the death of Tareq Ayoub, btw. So sorry.
    I also didn’t realize until now that you work for Al Jazeera! Congratulations!

  8. natasha
    natasha on February 26, 2005 at 12:51 pm

    Thanks Isam for finding the article. I looked for it this morning but I couldn’t find it. Just added it to the post. Thanks again:))

  9. Isam Bayazidi
    Isam Bayazidi on February 26, 2005 at 12:09 pm

    As I expected, really great pieces you had written .. But .. you mentioned above that you wrote 4 pieces that were published, why did you only share with us 3 of those ? The forth piece was easy to find Arab desperation amidst the end of a regime. Is it that you didn’t find the link for, or other reasons ?