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Ancient Babylon & Ezekiel’s Tomb Day Trip
The quiet was absolute before it got interrupted by my ringing phone. Its screen was the sole radiant object within our otherwise pitch-dark room. I pressed the answer button to silence it and hear Ibraheem’s voice. “We are downstairs,” it ...
In Soran and Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan
A volley of curious gazes converged upon us as soon as we exited the car, in the middle of a bustling street in downtown Soran. This city, hosting some 125,000 inhabitants, is the major population center within the remote, mountainous ...
Traveling to Erbil: The Capital City of Iraqi Kurdistan
The sun had set over Diyarbakir: Turkey’s most populous Kurdish city. The heat had subsided. And after the Turkish fighter jets’ intimidating flights over the rooftops came to a pause, the quiet was reinstated. It was time to go. We ...
Climbing Iraq’s Highest Mountain was an Unusual Hiking Adventure
Disclaimer: Although you may find some practical information about the route in it, this story is principally intended for a creative travelogue, and not a reliable route description. One attempting to climb Mount Halgurd independently must recognize that it entails ...
Mosul: An Iraqi City Recovering after 4 Years of Islamic-State Rule
Mosul has never been your typical travel bucket-list inclusion. More recently, it may have rather topped the list of your most sure-to-get-killed places on the planet—by murder, or suicide if by any chance you are a jihadi. But since it ...
Two Lone Tourists In Baghdad
We were very lucky it was overcast over the city of Erbil. That’s not a common occurrence. And it happened on the perfect day: the day we had to spend in its entirety dawdling outside. Erbil isn’t a city with ...
