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Zip Facts about Iraq:
- Arabs in Iraq have names which start with their first name, followed by their father’s name, their paternal grandfather’s name, and lastly their family name. Women normally do not take their husband’s name
- “The Thousand and One Nights”, a collection of Arab folk tales from Iraq which includes the famous stories of “The Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor”, “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves”, and Aladdin and the Magic Lamp”. tells of Scheherazade who marries a king who had disposed of his previous wives. To stay alive, she tells him a story each night for 1001 nights, leaving the ends as cliffhangers
- The meat in an Iraqi meal is commonly sheep or goat, and includes organ meat, along with the feet, eyes, and ears. The main meal may start with an appetizer, such as kebabs, and end with a salad and khubaz (a buttered flat wheat bread)
- Iraq is the purported birthplace of Abraham and Isaac’s wife Rebekah and the site of the biblical Garden of Eden
- Traditional marriages are still arranged, although urban couples prefer to find their own spouse. In about half of the cases, preference is given to first and second cousins
Wasima Al-Agha (a thought-provoking depiction of Iraqi women)
http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/contemporary/Iraqi-Art.html
Link to Recipe: https://theworldfrommykitchen.wordpress.com/iraq/
Link to Map: https://theworldfrommykitchen.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/recipemap-middleeast.pdf
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