Tag Archives: Iraq
Rahim AlHaj, Iraqi Oud Virtuoso, on How Music Crosses Cultures
AlHaj, who performs in Austin on Friday, is a former political prisoner whose music fuses Eastern and Western influences.
Rahim AlHaj’s music can seem bleak at first. His 2017 album, Letters From Iraq, is a mournful meditation on the violence wrought by the U.S. military invasion...Read More
Hope After Violence
Women veterans are twice as likely as men to experience PTSD. We just don’t talk about it.
Women are twice as likely as men to experience PTSD. We just don’t talk about it....Read More
Direct Quote: Never Forget a Face
Ken Pridgeon, 77, is on a mission to memorialize every Texas serviceperson lost in Iraq and Afghanistan with a 3’-by-4’ portrait,...Read More
Building Little Baghdad
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, established Muslims are working hard to keep refugees from falling through the cracks....Read More