Iraq protests: The women rising up on Baghdad's walls
These are external links and will open in a new window/ Since October, a wave of anti-government protests has swept across Iraq. The protesters represent a cross-section of society and, unusually for a traditionally patriarchal country, women have taken a leading role. Their prominence is celebrated in murals which have sprung up across the capital, Baghdad. Baghdad's Tahrir Square, epicentre of the protests, has been transformed into a hub of creative defiance. Murals paying tribute to the spirit and strength of Iraqi women have become an ...
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