Iraq Photos - 2021 - 2023

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Going through some of my old photos and remincising about Iraq, so here's a big ol photo dump. Fair warning, there's plenty of shrine photos!

1. Baghdad

2023-07-02_00-49-22_palm-trees.jpeg- 2021. Hard to start a photo dump about Iraq without palm trees. I took these near the Ziggurat of Dur Kurigalzu when I visited.

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  • 2022. A protest in Firdos Square.

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  • 2022. 2022 was a big sandstorm year, basically we were getting these sandstorms every week.

2. Karbala

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  • 2021. Men burning incense in honor of Ashura.

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  • 2023. Back in the shrine during the off season.

3. Others

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  • 2023. A secluded grave in Anbar.

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  • 2021. At the Church of the Sacred Heart in Basra. Funny story here, I met the priest at the church, who turns out to be responsible for all Catholic Christians in south Iraq.

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  • 2021. Tomb of the Prophet Ezekiel. It's one of the few synagogues that was converted to a mosque, you can actually still see the menora carved into the walls when you go inside.

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  • 2023. In Hit. Hit's an idyllic town upstream on the Euphrates, which is much more clean than the Tigris.

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Posted: 2023-07-02
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