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03.18.08Iraqi Teen Immerses Herself in ZwinkyCNN recently reported on Wurud, a 14-year old Iraqi teenager whose life is not that different from American teens, with one major exception: she lives in Baghdad's Green Zone. One of the ways that Wurud escapes from the reality of living in a war zone is to log in to Zwinky World as a gothic avatar, according to CNN: "Zwinky is 3-D chat," she explains patiently, clearly amused by my ignorance. In Zwinky World, Wurud says she can escape the war all around her. She likes to shop at the virtual mall for T-shirts, dresses, shoes -- "Everything," she ...
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