Abdul Razzaq al-Saiedi

About Abdul Razzaq al-Saiedi

Abdul Razzaq al-Saiedi, a 2008 Nieman Fellow, worked for The New York Times in Baghdad for four years, covering the war, the trial of Saddam Hussein, and the political transition in Iraq.

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Reporting the Iraq War: Whose Truth Is Being Told?

By Abdul Razzaq al-Saiedi, Daniel Rothenberg and Hannah Allam• Features• December 15, 2009

‘… I used to tell the American correspondent, “You know what, you’re writing my story. I’m writing my story. When we cover a car bomb, it’s my neighborhood.” For an American correspondent, it’s a story.’ Read more