Weekend Reading: Terror and Infrastructure in Iraq, Ladino Music, and the Return of South Yemen
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Weekend Reading: Terror and Infrastructure in Iraq, Ladino Music, and the Return of South Yemen

Reading selections for the weekend of July 8, 2016.
Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims attend prayers during Eid al-Fitr as they mark the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, at the site of a suicide car bomb attack over the weekend at the shopping area of Karrada, in Baghdad, Iraq (Khalid al Mousily/Reuters).
Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims attend prayers during Eid al-Fitr as they mark the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, at the site of a suicide car bomb attack over the weekend at the shopping area of Karrada, in Baghdad, Iraq (Khalid al Mousily/Reuters).
Blog Post by Steven A. Cook
July 8, 2016 5:00 pm (EST)

Sajad Jiyad, an Iraq-based researcher, argues that it was poor infrastructure as well as terrorism that contributed to the deaths of at least 250 people in Baghdad last Sunday.

Ezgi Ustundag examines how Jewish musicians in Turkey today continue to preserve Ladino music.

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Iraq

Turkey

Yemen

Hannah Porter discusses the possibility for South Yemeni independence after the current violence in the country.

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Iraq

Turkey

Yemen