BAGHDAD (AP) — A petite woman in a gold brocade robe appears on stage in a smoke-filled Baghdad club. The crowd jumps up, enticed by the raw power of her voice. This is the magic of Sajda Obeid, an ...
Kazem al-Sahir Iraq's most successful pop songs combine graphic accounts of violence and inter-Iraqi treachery with a wistful yearning for better days ahead. The songs are performed at concerts ...