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BASRA’S BREAKFAST MIRACLE WORKER: A seller of traditional ‘geymar’ cream reveals her recipes
For years, passers-by in the southern Iraqi city of Basra have seen Radhia Saleh sitting on a simple rug on the ground, near the pastry shops in a central city market, selling her wares. They know her as Um Qassim - but they likely know the traditional Iraqi breakfast she sells, even better. By Nagham…
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PUTTING PEOPLE TO SLEEP: The oldest upholsterer in Basra
In Basra's old market, amid songs and the noise of passers-by in the narrow alleys, a 50-year-old man sits quietly and calmly in his shop, surrounded by piles of cotton and wool. By Saad Nazim, in Basra Mohammad Jabbar Nafawa is the oldest upholsterer in Basra. He inherited this profession when he was just five…
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MEETING DOHUK’S TALLEST POLICEMAN: ‘Sometimes I feel like I’m an odd creature’
When he was young, he didn't even realise how tall he was, says Araz Ibrahim Mohammed Ali, whose claim to fame is that he is Dohuk's tallest policeman. By Saja Sherzad, in Dohuk "But when I got older, I started to understand that I was taller than almost everybody else," says Ali, who now measures…
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Iraq recorded an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in August, and a decrease in death rate
Baghdad – Al Menasa Infographic Design by Ayoub Hassan In August 2020, Iraq recorded the highest number of Coronavirus cases since the beginning of the Pandemic, with a total of 110,325 cases, an increase of 34,825 compared to last July. The death rate decreased significantly in August, reaching 2% of the total number of cases,…
