Friday, 22 January, 2021 - 12:30
A picture shows the scene of a twin suicide bombing on a bustling commercial street in the heart of Baghdad on Jan. 21, 2021. (Getty Images) Baghdad – Fadhel al-Nashmi
Baghdad’s Bab Al-Sharqi, or eastern gate, neighborhood, which was targeted by Thursday’s terrorist attack, is the poor’s principal place of residence and work in the capital. There, sectarian, national and ethnic disputes imposed by politics are absent and replaced by the common pursuit of putting food on the table.
In the always terrified Baghdad, many historic gates and walls were erected to protect it from cruel and covetous invaders over the centuries.