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...town of Chamchamal few families remain. This thriving border crossing between the Kurds' autonomous zone and Saddam's Iraq is now hauntingly still. Streets two days ago choked with taxis and crowded with stalls are empty. Shutters have closed on entire strips of shops like steel eyelids. The only kebab shop still operating in this community of 45,000 ran out of meat by 11 a.m. Six or seven grocers stood by their wooden carts half-heartedly selling leftover potatoes, tomatoes and some onions. Before the war there were hundreds of such men plying fresh produce...
...Burger King. Skinner blends dance beats, garage and hip-hop, but also fronts socially aware lyrics. His album tells of a day in the life of a "geezer" - an ordinary bloke whose existence is an endless run of cafés, strong lager, drugs, raving, failure with women, and kebab shops. It may not be your cup of Tennants, but Skinner is the most original British rapper, skillfully depicting the lives of his escape-bent, disillusioned generation. Of course, not all the Brit nominees are on the cutting edge. One of the few Brit bands to achieve international success - including...
...patties stacked up six inches high, and were held together by a long toothpick similar to a kebab stick...
...heralded economic boom. Still, hardship has taught them not to gripe about their lot in life. "What pleasant weather we're having," says the local bathhouse owner, ignoring that it's 30 degrees below zero. "We eat leeks and coriander now instead of just cabbage," enthuses a local kebab seller over his simple lunch of dumplings. "Coal mining," insists a retired miner, "isn't such tough work once you get used...
...prior to the iftar meal that marks the end of each day's fast, traffic jams occur outside Baghdad's famous sweet shops. Iraqis in their finest suits and dresses are packing into restaurants like Al Gouta, where they dine on heaping plates of grilled Tigris river carp, shish kebab, hommus and spicy olives. The tab for a family of four runs about $12. That seems like a bargain, but in Baghdad it's the equivalent of a year's salary for a school teacher...