After leaving Baghdad, our next stop on the journey through Iraq and Kurdistan was Babylon, one of the most famous names in history. Most people know it from the Bible or from school, but...
Before travelling to Iraq, Baghdad was one of those cities I felt I already knew. For decades, television news had shown wars, bombings and political turmoil. Yet Baghdad was once the largest city in...
Before travelling to Iraq, most of what I knew about the country came from television news. Wars, sanctions, invasions and endless reports about violence had shaped my image of Iraq for decades. Yet Iraq...
