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Tattoo industry flourishes in Iraq

Baghdad, Dec 1, (VOI) – The recent increased popularity of tattoos among Iraqi youth has raised many questions about their motivations and consequences. While religious clerics decry the phenomenon as an imitation of western culture, others say tattoos can be useful in identifying the deceased. Editor's ...

هل يصبح الوشم موضة القرن الجديد؟

بضعة خطوط خضراء، او صورة لعقرب او ثعبان، وربما صورة لفتاة غائبة الملامح، قد تكون سببا في فقدان فرصة عمل يبحث عنها شاب في مقتبل العمر، أو وسيلة يتعرف بها أب على جثة ابنه المفقود في شوارع بغداد، وربما ايضا، مبررا لأن يحصل شخص ما على لقب ...

IRAQ: Grim tattoo subculture emerges amid daily violence

I don't normally comment on IRIN articles but I am going to do so here. None of this article is news to any Gorilla's Guides team member. As markfromireland (who has such a tattoo) pointed out on November 4, 2006. Every single one of us who goes to or lives in ...

In Which The Gorilla Talks About Art

I just can't make up my mind. Are the Americans in Iraq Stupid and Evil? Or are they Evil and Stupid? Irrespective of which they are isn't nice to know that at their top ranks that there's a sensitive soul, an art critic no less. Major General William Caldwell appreciates ...