Iraqi journalist and pencil collector Waleed Ibrahim points to a collection of rare pencils. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
by Afrah Shawqi | Jun 2, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi journalist Waleed Ibrahim believes he has one of the strangest hobbies in the Arab world. Ibrahim, known as Abu Iqlam (The Father of Pencils) to his friends and acquaintances, has been collecting commemorative pencils for more than fifty...
by Amir Taheri | Feb 26, 2014 | Book Reviews
[inset_left]By Ali A. AllawiYale University Press, 672 pagesNew Haven, London, 2014[/inset_left]In Baghdad a while back, a conversation with friends turned to the question of who could be regarded as the best leader of Iraq since its emergence as a new state in the...