Ghaith Abdul-Ahad: Iraq, 20 years on

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Ghaith Abdul-Ahad: Iraq, 20 years on

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20 years on from the US led invasion of Iraq, what is life like in Baghdad today? Award-winning Iraqi journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad joins Alan Rusbridger to discuss his new book—which has been fourteen years in the making—A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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