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Baghdad, Iraq

Contributors: Naseer Hassan, Sadek Mohammed, Soheil Najm, Gulala Nouri

Baghdad, Iraq

« There you are returning to her once more. You never knew how many times you left and how many times you said you would never go back to her. » —Sadek Mohammah, Archaeology of Scorched Cities

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Election Day in Iraq was a Sacred Day On January 28, I went to my grandfather’s house in Baghdad, where I was registered to vote, to participate in the national election. I had to arrive early because a three-day curfew had been imposed. It was... media_text	Arabic Calligraphy on the Streets of Baghdad 2 media_image	Arts inside the Qishla Fortress media_image
Arabic Calligraphy on the Streets of Baghdad media_image	City of Literature media_image	Mutanabi Street media_image
Seven Attempts to Portray Mr. President 1 He is alone in the hall, red cup in hand, feather hat on head. Through the window one can see scattered corpses, knocked down trees and a handful of rabid dogs wandering... media_text	Writing in a Country at War: Iraq 2014 Perhaps, I should begin by informing the honorable audience that I am from a country and a people that have wars that come in all sizes, types, shapes and colors. We have short wars and we have long wars. We have fat... media_text	Baghdad's Mobile Libraries media_image
Mobile Libraries of Baghdad media_image	Images Images …images these are just images, old images, new images, images of youth, images of old age, images of the open life in spite of the ferocity of bullets, images of the... media_text	Green Baghdad media_image

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