Alberta dad who abducted daughter and left her in Iraq can't appeal eight-year sentence edmontonsun.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from edmontonsun.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Although it has fallen off the international news cycle, Baghdad is booming, high on rising oil prices and full, once again, of neo-Abbasid, petroleum-fueled aspirations. Thanks to new anti-money laundering legislation, funds are being funneled not only into hotels and real estate but also into new cultural enterprises. So what does culture in Iraq look like in 2023?
Zainab Mahdi last saw her now-15-year-old daughter, Zahraa Al Aazawi, four years ago. Mahdi s ex-husband, Ali Farhan Al Aazawi, has been convicted of abducting the girl, taking her from Calgary to Iraq.