Scheherazade- ancient mistress of the art of the cutaway gag. “Man, Dunyazad, no one’s had to talk this long since those three one eyed Kalendars in the Baghdad baths.” Peter Griffin learned from the greats. #arabianNights#Scheherazade
Tutte le terre controllate almeno una volta dall’Impero Afsharid https://www.csseo.org/349136/https://i.redd.it/okzkifo3s7ud1.png di RyanGosling_az
Curiosità: anche se molte mappe mostrano Baghdad e Mosul come parte dell'impero di Nadir, egli non riuscì mai a conquistarle. https://i.redd.it/okzkifo3s7ud1.pngdi RyanGosling_az
VIDEO: Since the defeat of IS in 2017, a fragile stability in Baghdad has allowed a greater focus on the Iraqi capital's infrastructure and cultural sceneVIDEO: Since the defeat of IS in 2017, a fragile stability in Baghdad has allowed a greater focus on the Iraqi capital's infrastructure and cultural scene
VIDEO: Since the defeat of IS in 2017, a fragile stability in Baghdad has allowed a greater focus on the Iraqi capital's infrastructure and cultural scene
AND OKAY FINE I'LL GO INTO THE LITERARY DEVICE OF IT ALL, THE FIRST PAGE OF EACH ISSUE OF JENNY SPARKS HAS INVOLVED A DIRECT QUOTE AND THE IMAGERY OF SMOKE, WITH THE EVENTS DEPICTED BEING THE DEATH OF JENNY SPARKS, 9/11 AND THE BATTLE OF BAGHDAD; ONE DOES HAVE TO PUT THE THREE IN RELATION
yes, I'm sure Tom King is using a picture of Baghdad burning captioned with "Mission Accomplished" without any sense of irony, I bet he doesn't even realize that when Bush posed in front of that banner the "mission" wasn't even "accomplished" at all! whatta maroon!
When GWB was bombing Baghdad, they were actually playing this song on Iraqi radio. I shit you not.
@PalHighlight: Protesters gathered in Baghdad, Iraq’s capital, to show support for Lebanon and the Palestinians. https://t.co/3LMs1aZqpb
Life size? That's an insult! Look at the size of the Saddam statue that was in Baghdad!
smuggling became a Big Thing: Willibald, a British monk smuggled balsams home in his reliquaries! I think I found my patron saint!and then the interfaith gifts of goodwill - this little brooch from Baghdad contains both Arabic script and the Christian cross.
When the Iraq War began I was at the Rand McNally bookstore in SF, CA. A tall woman & a short man were anchoring an in-house corporate TV news show by the store's giant globe. Script said "crisis in the Middle East." Crew guy says "we just bombed Baghdad." Hubbub ensues: "Well, it's still a crisis."