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Children run down the stairs of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York. Reuters
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The National Heritage Museum in Baghdad, Iraq. Inset left, some of the objects on display at the museum. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Baghdad’s National Heritage Museum reopens
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—The National Heritage Museum in the Iraqi capital Baghdad is reopening after having been closed for 10 years following its being looted during the US-led invasion and fall of former dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat,...Caption:
Mohamed Abdel Wahab, the curator of a newly opened “Torture Museum” in Cairo, displays one of the medieval torture devices that are part of the museum’s collection, in Cairo, Egypt. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Cairo’s House of Real-Life Horrors
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—A visit to one of Egypt’s archaeological museums usually inspires a sense of wonder at the majesty of Ancient Egypt’s architecture. A visit to the first “torture museum” in Egypt and the Arab world, however, only leaves one with shivers...Caption:
Iraqi people celebrate after United Nations announced the end of sanctions imposed on Iraq, in Baghdad, June 27, 2013. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani.