IRAQ: Keeping in touch with Nokia

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I look at my cell phone several times a day -- to check the time, and not just in Baghdad. I also keep track of three other time zones around the world where my relatives live.

Besides Baghdad, I display the times in Sweden, London and New Jersey on my phone’s world clock. I have a brother in Sweden, a sister in London, and a sister-in-law in New Jersey. My family was scattered all over the globe because of the situation in Baghdad after the invasion in 2003.

Until I discovered the world clock four months ago, I was checking the Internet for the time difference between Baghdad and my relatives’homes. I didn’t want t to wake anyone up late at night.

Most likely, Nokia intended its world clock for international businessmen, not Iraqis. But it still helps us.

— Saif Rasheed in Baghdad