Iraq

“Even today, I say that my instrument is my breath. I cannot breathe without it.”

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.

by Rose Cahalan

Hope After Violence

by Alex Hannaford

Direct Quote: Never Forget a Face

Building Little Baghdad

by Jen Reel and Laura Burke