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Iraqi journalist and pencil collector Waleed Ibrahim points to a collection of rare pencils. (Asharq Al-Awsat)


Meet Iraq’s Father of Pencils

Meet Iraq’s Father of Pencils

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...
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