Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Iraqis Find Peace Across the Border - Der Spiegel
The horrors of everyday life in Iraq are prompting hundreds of Iraqis to escape to Syria and Jordan. There, Shiites and Sunnis live together in peace. But authorities worry that may change.
Film-maker Rasim Al Jumeili found his death sentence on the Internet and printed it out.
The stout, elderly Iraqi sits on a chair in front of a kebab stand in Damascus and begins reading the three-page list of 150 artists to be killed. His own name appears on page two.
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In his home country his popularity led to him being blacklisted. Here, his celebrity status helps sell kebabs. The Iraqi diaspora likes to meet at Al Jumeili's food stall. People from Baghdad meet refugees from Fallujah, Sunnis meet Shiites and dissidents meet former followers of Saddam Hussein.
Here, Iraqis live side by side peacefully -- something they have not been able to do in their home country. ...
The horrors of everyday life in Iraq are prompting hundreds of Iraqis to escape to Syria and Jordan. There, Shiites and Sunnis live together in peace. But authorities worry that may change.
Film-maker Rasim Al Jumeili found his death sentence on the Internet and printed it out.
The stout, elderly Iraqi sits on a chair in front of a kebab stand in Damascus and begins reading the three-page list of 150 artists to be killed. His own name appears on page two.
...
In his home country his popularity led to him being blacklisted. Here, his celebrity status helps sell kebabs. The Iraqi diaspora likes to meet at Al Jumeili's food stall. People from Baghdad meet refugees from Fallujah, Sunnis meet Shiites and dissidents meet former followers of Saddam Hussein.
Here, Iraqis live side by side peacefully -- something they have not been able to do in their home country. ...
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