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In the heart of one of Baghdad’s oldest neighborhoods, a cafe has been a gathering place for writers, intellectuals and artists for more than a hundred years. It’s at the end of a street of booksellers and was once a publishing house. But Martyr’s Cafe has been a target of extremists.
Reporter Durrie Bouscaren takes us inside.