Rattle and Hum

Hello, Baghdad! A Kurdish singer rocks Iraq
By Emily Paddon & Taylor Owen
Music · From the Jan/Feb 2009 magazine
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As our departure time approaches, we are forced into the fray to make inquiries; we need a ride to the airport. But Zakaria wants his European drinking party to continue. He pulls a cellphone from the pocket of his Italian suit and spouts a stream of Kurdish before turning back to us. “Don’t look so worried,” he says with a sly smile. “I’m holding your plane.”
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