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      <image:caption>Muslim worshippers walk around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in Mecca on Aug. 17, 2018. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/GETTY IMAGES</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2019-01-16</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>The Old City suburb of Basra (Al-Basra al-Qadima), Iraq, seen on March 1, is a residential area home to many cultural institutions such as Basra’s writing and arts clubs. The neighborhood was one of the wealthier parts of Basra but has fallen into disrepair following lack of investment after the 2003 war. (Ahmed Twaij for Foreign Policy)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A former palace of Saddam Hussein on Corniche Road in Basra overlooking the river is being converted into a museum on March 1. Until recently, the area was off limits to civilians. (Ahmed Twaij for Foreign Policy)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The ice-cream parlour being repaired by Ahmed Jasim (MEE/Ahmed Twaij)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Tara is given a bouquet of flowers as the night comes to an end (MEE/ Ahmed Twaij )</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>‘Iraq Rises Again’ by the famous late Iraqi sculptor, Mohammed Ghani Hikmat. It represents the unity of Iraq’s diverse sects and minorities (MEE/ Ahmed Twaij)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Salama, Tara’s mother, proud as she watches her daughter perform her final concert in Baghdad (MEE/ Ahmed Twaij )</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Tara performs her last concert in Baghdad in April 2017 (MEE/ Ahmed Twaij )</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The view of Tara’s concert at Muntada al-Masrah theatre in Baghdad (MEE/ Ahmed Twaij)</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2019-01-22</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Team Asoosa takes a photo as oil fields burn in the distance, Qayyarah, Iraq. (photo by Ahmed Twaij)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Part of Saddam Hussein's carriage purchased from France in 1981, now left derelict</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ahmedtwaij.com/blog/2019/1/16/i-hate-this-beard-by-god-i-hate-it-iraqi-men-celebrate-their-freedom-by-shaving</loc>
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      <image:caption>Four hairdressers from Erbil have travelled to the Hassanshama camp to shave the men there. All photographs by Ahmed Twaij</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The logo on Maysar Jasim’s Portugal shirt was ripped off.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Hani Mahmood Amin says: ‘Even just a beard shave feels good.’</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>‘When the Iraqi army came in, all I wanted to do was hug the soldiers.’</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Mahmud Sabah, 20, from Mosul.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dyar Stayl at work.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ahmedtwaij.com/blog/2019/1/24/now-we-have-hundreds-of-oppressors-iraqs-false-democracy</loc>
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    <lastmod>2019-01-24</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>A photograph of Moqtada Al-Sadr and his deceased father hanging in a Tuk Tuk in Baghdad (MEE/Ahmed Twaij)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In 2014, Nouri al-Maliki casts his vote in Iraq's first parliamentary election since US troops withdrew from the country (AFP)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>One of the many photographs of Ammar Al-Hakim found across Iraq (MEE/Ahmed Twaij)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A black and white picture of Saddam Hussein flanked by his sons Uday and Qusay (AFP)</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ahmedtwaij.com/blog/2019/1/24/opting-out-of-human-rights-laws-could-increase-military-abuses</loc>
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      <image:caption>Graffiti sprayed on a wall showing unity between the Iraqi Army and the Christian NPU militia in the libration of Nineveh (Ahmed Twaij)</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2019-01-16</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Ali Al-Karkhi inside one of the looted trains.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>1. A family of IDPs from Mosul are returning to Basra by train, their new home since fleeing ISIS, after visiting family in Baghdad. 2. An IDP from Mosul collects her family’s tickets direct to Basra from Baghdad. She says she always feels a sense of relief when her journey is towards home.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Passengers are asked to queue up and place their bags in a line as a sniffer dog inspects the luggage for traces of explosives or weapons.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Al-Karkhi sits at the train’s cockpit, a place he feels most comfortable. Al-Karkhi works at the Baghdad Central Station, frequently inspecting and evaluating the trains and their drivers, as well as occasionally driving the trains to Basra himself.</image:caption>
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