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Contents List of Illustrations • ix Editor’s Foreword • xi Editor’s Acknowledgments • xxi Preface • xxiii . Arriving in Baghdad,  •  . An Educational Adventure •  . School of Life •  . Significant Occasions •  . Yesterday and Today in Baghdad •  . Gardens, Houses, and Feasts •  . Weddings •  . Little Journeys about the City •  . Baghdad from the Tigris •  . To Basrah on the Tigris •  . Visiting the Shiah Holy Cities •  . In the Land of the Kurds •  . Exploring Scenic Iraq •  . The Bedouin Tribes •  . The Uprooted Assyrians •  viii • Contents . Iraq’s Great Statesman •  . And So They Passed •  . The Magic Horse and the Magic Carpet •  . The Story of Oil •  . A Nazi-Inspired Revolt,  •  . Changing and Changeless Baghdad •  Glossary •  Works Cited •  Index •  ...

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