By: Farouk Choukri

Weekend market pulls the crowds in book-starved Baghdad

Weekend market pulls the crowds in book-starved Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Jan 31 (AFP) - Book-starved Baghdadis flock to Al-Mutannabi Street in the Iraqi capital's old downtown for sales each weekend that have become a way of life under a decade of embargo...

Farouk Choukri on Iraq ·