Eye Witness: Iraq

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Al Saati Souk(Market), Cloths Souk.
Cityscape view of the city of Baghdad, Iraq.
Exterior of Kadhimain Mosque, Baghdad, Iraq.
Tea House- only for men, who come to smoke water pipe, tea and a game of dominoes. Others come just to sit and hangout. A dyi...
Students paint the Fine Art School, Baghdad, Iraq.
Car repair district, Shek Omar keeps Baghdad's fleet of beat up cars up and running,
The Iran War Memorial displays two swords crossing on one end.
High rise apartment buildings on Haita St, most expensive apartments in Baghdad. Built during the oil boom years.
Second hand market, every friday, people come to buy and sell house hold goods to raise cash.
Al Gumbria St. and Al Shurja market, Iraq's biggest market.
Carpet drying on the banks of the Tigris River.
Student working on a sculpture, using a playboy pin up for his model.
Khassim Asahil Stock Market, Baghdad.
Kurd farming village, rebuilt after Iraqis destroyed it. Shorawa.
A young Kurd shepherd holds up the newest addition to the flock.
A wedding in Jundian: flakes of shaving foam rain down on the newly-weds.
A devotee kisses the door of Khadiman Mosque.
In a market in Baghdad, copper pots being repaired are beaten and soldered on small anvils stuck in the ground.
A group of dervishes celebrates the 62nd birthday of Saddam Hussein in Tikrit.
Everyone was celebrating in Tikrit but that day the guest of honor did not show up for the festivities.
An improvised and streamlined swing.
A Kurd village almost merges with the landscape in north-east Iraq.
The Marsh Arabs, who once occupied the marshlands of the Tigris and Euphrates river basins, built houses out of woven reeds. ...
The vast mountain range in Ruwanduz, Iraq.
With his AK-47 in hand, a Kurd shepherd leads his flock to pasture. Ruwanduz, Iraq.
A two-hour service tests the devotion of the youngest members of this Nestorian congregation in Iraq.
A wedding in Jundian: flakes of shaving foam rain down on the newly weds.
Gold-hunters sieve the river for waste from the nearby goldmiths' souk.
Everyone was celebrating in Tikrit but that day the guest of honor did not show up for the festivities.
The double dome in Baghdad, Iraq is dedicated to the dead in the war against Iran.
Trying on a new garment in the Al Saati market in Baghdad, Iraq. The abah must fall perfectly.
Harvesting parsley in a suburban area of the city of Baghdad, Iraq.
In the Fourteenth Ramadan Mosque, the faithful prostrate themselves. It is Friday, the Moslem holy day.
Skipping rope in the ancient Arab quarter of Ashar in Basra.
A group of man negotiate the purchase of a silk carpet in Tabriz market.
At dawn, worshippers enter Khadimain Mosque in Baghdad