In a cab during my last shoot in Iraq, I heard some nice American pop music. I asked the driver "Wow, do you like American music!?" The driver answered me back "yeah off course, don't you like it?" So, I said "Yeah I like it" Among the fashionalble younth, it:s cool to be called "Baghdadi".

Although it is well known that Iraq is a ductatorship, the people are still very expressive. Many of women don't wear headscarves. This must be because Iraq has long been a secular state with religeon clearly separate from politics.

My favorite Iraqi breakfast is thin-bread hot from the oven with goat cream cheese and honey. Some people put candied apricot on the bread... it is really yummy.