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Monthly Archives: November 2011
A Garden by Design
More…. published in October 2011 Obelisque Issue 14, Egypt
New life for the Egyptian woman cut off from the world for ten years.
An interview, broadcast on the BBC World service Outlook programme on 1411/2011, with Hala, an Egyptian woman who was cut off from the world for ten years. To hear the broadcast http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/p00kmdgt” title=”New Life for the Egyptian woman cut off … Continue reading
Kurdistan – the other Iraq: day three
Today started with the simple need to search for carpets for the austere echoey office of tables and chairs marooned in a sea of floor. It turned out to be not so simple. Small shop units sell wide room size … Continue reading
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Tagged Erbil, Iraq, Iraqi Kurdistan, Kurdistan, Sami Abdul Rahman Park
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Kurdistan – the other Iraq: Day two
Somewhat surprising this morning, the Kurdish bodyguard and driver greeted me in English with an excellent Portsmouth accent! His family had fled the violence in Kirkuk to the safety of the Kurdish enclave, but he and his brother went to … Continue reading