A bright morning. We're gathered outside the Rixos hotel in the town of Duhok. 'Candle in the Wind' was playing in the lifts as I checked in last night, and 'Hey Jude' as I rode down to breakfast. ...
The only place where true Kurds celebrate Nowruz, the New Year festival, is in the town of Akre, in the mountains seventy miles north of Erbil. Though the most spectacular part of the ceremony will...
All being well, we shall be in Baghdad by tonight. And for some romantic reason that thought makes me smile. I think it's the prospect of seeing for real the city at the heart of so many stories.
As we pack up to leave the Al-Zaitoon, I walk across the road to pay my respects to the Euphrates. It flows out of a city rebuilding itself, repairing the damage it sustained. It's frustrating that...
A fascinating and rare insight into the history and culture of Iraq. Michael shares the impressions he formed of a country that few outsiders now venture to see.
