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Lujain Elbaldawi

Lujain Elbaldawi

Jun 30, 2022

Dear Alyne screenshot from her trip to Iraq in the video "Is Iraq Dangerous?!" — Dear Alyne screenshot from her trip to Iraq in the video "Is Iraq Dangerous?!" — YouTube

Foreign tourists visit the Ishtar Gate in the ancient city of Babylon, some 100 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad

In a 'dangerous' land: tourists trickle back to Iraq

Agence France-Presse

Iraq's ancient city of Ur: source of law, site of wonder

Marta Bellingreri

Marta Bellingreri

People stand on the steps of the Ziggurat of Ur ruins near Nassiriya, 300 km (186 miles) southeast of Baghdad, January 23, 2014. Ur's palaces and temples lie in ruins, but its hulking Ziggurat still dominates the desert flatlands of what is now southern Iraq, as it has for millennia. British archaeologists are now back in the area despite the insecurity in Iraq that had kept them - and all but the most adventurous tourists - away from one of the world's oldest cities. Picture taken January 23, 2014. To matc

Archaeological excavations in Iraq continue despite security chaos

Adnan Abu Zeed

Foreign tourists visit the ancient city of Babylon near Hilla, south of Baghdad, Iraq November 14, 2018. Tourist agencies resumed work after the defeat of the Islamic state in Mosul. Picture taken November 14, 2018. REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousily - RC1E92A8FAA0

Iraqi artist preserves Iraqi heritage in 3D exhibition

Gilgamesh Nabeel

Gilgamesh Nabeel