An equestrian ritual of anticipation unfolds just as it has for more than eight decades in West Baghdad's Amariya neighborhood: Jockeys in brilliantly colored racing silks coax their nervous mounts ...

SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq – Dozens of men gathered in the smoky little club to watch five scantily clad dancers sway their hips to the beat of a drum and the grooves of an electric piano. Once a common sight ...

BAGHDAD -- A few dozen members of this city's privileged classes chatted on fraying armchairs at the Alwiyah Club on a recent Saturday, waiting for the weekly bingo game to start. The caller usually ...

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BAGHDAD - It's Saturday night at the Alwiyah Club, and 21-year-old Sarah al-Kimackchy is doing the hip thing - playing bingo. The streets outside may still not be as safe as they once were, and the ...

BAGHDADBAGHDAD — The padlocks were snapped shut last week. Musicians were allowed to return briefly to pack up their keyboards and drums. Bartenders came back to store away the liquor and maybe take a ...