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Iraq’s power cuts show privilege of staying cool in a heatwave

July 5, 2021July 10, 2021 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here July 5, 2021]

No strangers to temperatures above 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit), Iraqis are adept at finding ways to stay cool in summer. But a spate of recent power cuts has exposed a deep divide between the heatwave haves and have-nots.

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Iraq protests shake up government, but not oil that funds it | AFP

December 2, 2019December 4, 2019 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here on December 2, 2019]

Baghdad (AFP) – Iraq has been rocked by two months of anti-government protests that brought down premier Adel Abdel Mahdi on Sunday, but its lucrative oil industry has been curiously insulated from the turmoil.

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