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Episode: Ahmad AlKhatat's Wounds from Iraq - Book Launch and Poetry Reading
Description: "Once again, Ahmad Alkhatat uses his excellent writing talents to create sorrowful but beautiful images, this time as he visits the place of his birth, Baghdad, Iraq. The book begins with poems that describe his feelings about the visit and what he sees. âThe Cost of Cigarettes,â âIn A Random Street in Baghdad,â âWounds From Iraq,â âAt the Airportâ and âBaghdad Taxi.â all denote images of the flavor and culture of Baghdad itself. Ahmad also shows his heart and sympathy for what is happening or has happened within Iraq and Syria with such poems as âFlooding in Aleppo,â âThe Crying Girl on the Borderâ and âMy C...