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Baghdad, Sharaa and Trump’s Shadow
Baghdad has the unusual ability to force its visitor to open up about the past and its pains. The ability becomes more pronounced when the friends choose to have dinner on the banks of the Tigris only ...
A gold-plated gun given to one of Saddam Hussein's henchmen has ... yesterday was similar to the one uncovered at Uday Hussein's palace in Baghdad last week, according to a newspaper report.
A man who once painted propaganda murals for Saddam Hussein’s regime before leaving Iraq as a refugee and later studying in Belfast is among those on the shortlist for the Turner Prize 2025.
Iraqi painter Sami, 40, was born in Baghdad - and aced his way through school by painting propaganda murals for Saddam Hussein's regime ... Churchill's birthplace Blenheim Palace, covers this ...
UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE BABYLON An ancient city located on the Euphrates, south of Baghdad ... Palace Babylonian houses Babylon lion Ruins of the Hanging Gardens Saddam Hussein palace ...
Playing the Cannes Film Festival, Hasan Hadi’s compassionate directorial debut follows two Iraqi children living under Saddam ...
July 16, 1979 - Saddam Hussein takes over as president of Iraq. 1979 - In response to the Ayatollah's call for the overthrow of the Baathist regime, comprised mostly of Sunni Muslims, Saddam ...
Donald Trump has his own Baghdad Bob — Baghdad Barbie? — in Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary. She has been caught in lie after lie, but continues to feed them to the American public ...
Cannes: Marielle Heller and Eric Roth executive-produce Hasan Hadi's 1990s-set sales title, premiering in Directors' Fortnight. Iraqi writer/director Hasan Hadi finds a most unusual way into the ...