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CDs with patriotic song compilations are displayed on a stall in Baghdad on June 17, 2014. (Ali Al-Saadi/AFP/Getty Images)
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Locals enjoy their kabba surrounded by pictures of famous customers from years gone by. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Past meets present at Baghdad restaurant
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—A seventy-year-old restaurant in Baghdad’s literary heartland, Al-Mutanabbi Street, could be the smallest and most renowned eatery in the Iraqi capital. Since it opened, the establishment has maintained its tradition of serving only one dish,...Caption:
An Iraqi security officer, stands guard outside the Church of the Virgin Mary in the northern town of Bartala, on June 15, 2012, east of the northern city of Mosul. (AFP Photo/Karim Sahib)
Iraq authorities: Rare manuscripts smuggled out of Mosul
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—“There have been attempts to smuggle a number of rare Iraqi manuscripts from a number of libraries in Mosul to Turkey, including a rare Qur’an which dates back to the Abbasid era,” the head of Iraq’s State Board of Antiquities and...Caption:
Poster for The Madman and I. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Iraqi television set for “quantum leap” this Ramadan
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Television soap operas and variety programs have become a staple of the post-sunset diet during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Arab countries in recent years. Traditionally, the main exporters of TV shows during the month have been Egypt,...Caption:
Iraqi journalist and pencil collector Waleed Ibrahim points to a collection of rare pencils. (Asharq Al-Awsat)