The first rule of this Iraqi biker group: No politics
The motorcycle group forbids members from talking about politics and is trying to build a “brotherhood” that promotes unity after years of sectarian conflict.
After more than a decade, Iraq’s national treasures go back on display
Five U.S. service members were killed yesterday by a fellow soldier on an American military base in Baghdad yesterday. For more on this tragedy and the military’s reaction, we turn to Ernesto Londono, The Washington Post’s Baghdad correspondent.
We were looking for the Arab city that was home to the Thousand-and-One Nights, and where there’s now a surge in plastic surgery. The answer is Baghdad. The BBC’s Jim Muir reports on the rise in demand in Baghdad for comestic transformations.
A new Arabic to English translation of the Arabian Nights was published this week. It’s the first complete translation since the 1880s, and it’s taken 10 years.
