It's a shame that there is so much strife over there because there is so much to see, but tourists are wary of visiting.
Life Flows Back Into The Waters Of Baghdad's Tigris
JANUARY 07, 2015 3:53 PM ET
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Young members of the Baghdad Rowing Club practice on the river Tigris, close to Mustansariya University in the Iraqi capital.
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Some of the world's loveliest cities hug great rivers. Budapest curves round the Danube, London's gracious gray buildings look out on the Thames.
Baghdad, however, doesn't conjure so easily the idea of lingering on a bridge, watching boats glide by.
But the city's river Tigris is as wide and wet as the Seine or the Nile, and Baghdadis have fun on it, too. Last weekend, moored next to the Mutanabbi Street book market was a big white party boat, with tinsel and silk roses festooning its rails, and pop music shaking its deck.
"Oh my God, it's so beautiful," said Zainab Louay, an English teacher wearing a purple cardigan, bracelets, headscarf and lipstick, snapping selfies with her new husband, Mohammad Rayan. "Especially the weather, the air when it touches your cheeks - beautiful."
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Life Flows Back Into The Waters Of Baghdad's Tigris
JANUARY 07, 2015 3:53 PM ET
ALICE FORDHAM
TwitterInstagram
Young members of the Baghdad Rowing Club practice on the river Tigris, close to Mustansariya University in the Iraqi capital.
Alice Fordham/NPR
Some of the world's loveliest cities hug great rivers. Budapest curves round the Danube, London's gracious gray buildings look out on the Thames.
Baghdad, however, doesn't conjure so easily the idea of lingering on a bridge, watching boats glide by.
But the city's river Tigris is as wide and wet as the Seine or the Nile, and Baghdadis have fun on it, too. Last weekend, moored next to the Mutanabbi Street book market was a big white party boat, with tinsel and silk roses festooning its rails, and pop music shaking its deck.
"Oh my God, it's so beautiful," said Zainab Louay, an English teacher wearing a purple cardigan, bracelets, headscarf and lipstick, snapping selfies with her new husband, Mohammad Rayan. "Especially the weather, the air when it touches your cheeks - beautiful."
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