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Turtles Can Fly

Film Review: Turtles Can Fly

Celeste Heiter - cheiter [28,902]

Written and directed by Bahman Ghobadi, Turtles Can Fly was the first film made in Iraq since Saddam Hussein was captured and removed from power, it received awards and nominations at film festivals...

Destinations: Turkey | Iran | Iraq
Topics: People | Performing Arts | War & Conflict
Iraqi coach of the Olympic swimming team, Said Jaafar (R), gives instruction to his team members from a row boat as they practice in the Tigris river in Baghdad

Baghdad's Tigris River

Agence-France Presse AFP - Global [28,188]

After decades of dictatorship, war and suffering, Baghdadis dream that they will once again be allowed to mess about on their great river, the life-giving Tigris. Its course loops lethargically...

Destinations: Baghdad | Iraq
Topics: People | Nature
An Iraqi woman has her hair styled at the most chic women's hairdresser in Baghdad.

A cult of body and beauty develops in post-war Iraq

Agence-France Presse AFP - Global [28,188]

Iraqis have profited from the lifting of sanctions after the US-led war by discovering the pleasures of health and beauty thanks to products and activities that until now were prohibited. Make-up,...

Destinations: Baghdad | Iraq
Topics: People
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