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The Great Christmas Day Baghdad Flood
On December 25, 2012, it rained in Baghdad — this would not be a notable fact in any other city but the Iraqi capital, whose sewage systems remain woefully under-equipped for anything but the minimum...
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Baghdad Protests – In Pictures
Demonstrators supporting Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki gathered at Baghdad’s Tahrir Square today — here are a few pictures from the rally. Hundreds back Maliki amid calls for Iraq PM to quit By...
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Kerala – a journey through God’s own country
In November, I spent a week travelling through Kerala with some friends — it was a great trip, though extremely rushed. I totally recommend it, but wouldn’t suggest you try and make it as hectic as we...
View ArticleUsing an Apple TV for journalism training
Last month, as part of a three-year journalism training programme run primarily by BBC Media Action, I helped train 10 Jordanian and Palestinian journalists on using basic web and digital tools to...
View ArticleSyria gets ‘blowback’ after playing with fire in Iraq
BAGHDAD (AFP) – At the peak of Iraq’s sectarian war, officials in Baghdad accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad‘s regime of allowing Islamist militants to cross the two countries’ border to sow...
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Planning to do something good
Slippers lie outside an orphanage in Yangon, Myanmar. (© Alexa Sharples) In about a year, my fiancee and I are getting married, and we’ll naturally be spending a lot of time thinking about ourselves in...
View ArticleDecade on, Iraq far cry from pre-war vision
BAGHDAD (AFP) – The US-led invasion of Iraq that toppled Saddam Hussein aimed to enshrine a liberal democracy in the heart of the Middle East but instead unleashed sectarian violence and endless...
View ArticleIraq’s people yet to feel benefit of oil boom
BAGHDAD (AFP) – Iraq’s economy is expanding and government coffers are swelling, but Sabah Nuri, like many Iraqis who still struggle with poverty and poor services, has yet to see the benefits of...
View ArticleIn Baghdad square, varied life paths since statue felled
BAGHDAD (AFP) – It was an iconic moment, viewed by people around the world on television, that came to symbolise the fall of Iraq’s capital Baghdad on April 9, 2003. But residents have competing...
View Article‘Baghdad Night’ keeps alive folk tales of the dead
BAGHDAD (AFP) – As Iraq rebuilds after decades of brutality, one Baghdad resident is bent on reviving an ancient folk tale that, like much of the country’s history, risks being lost in time. “Baghdad...
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