Putting a face to a land of turmoil

Before April 2003, when the maze of crooked lanes that branch away from Rasheed Street downtown were crammed with hundreds of small leather goods factories, Hassan Attiya, now 43, designed fancy women’s shoes under his signature “Cowboy” label.

This article gives a different perspective on the on-going war in Iraq. It gives you a sense that there are still regular people, who're just trying to make a living and survive, and sort of make-do with the constrictions they have on their lives.