Following a few weeks of scattered and uncoordinated turmoil across Iraq, February 25 was deemed a nation-wide “Day of Rage,” and more than a dozen major demonstrations happened across the country, from Basra to Baghdad, from Fallujah to Mosul. Sulaimani, as history would have predicted, was not about to sit back and watch.
Below are some shots from Friday afternoon’s events in the central Bardarki Sara square, in the heart of the city’s bazaar. It was a stunningly beautiful day, the most pleasant and warmest in a long time. While protesters expressed a lot of anger at the current political establishment and the amount of corruption – both major ruling parties were targeted – the atmosphere was generally a celebratory one. Scenes of flags, kids and families, sounds of nationalist songs and chants for freedom (“Azadi!”), contrasted with almost ubiquitous posters depicting one of the teenagers who was killed last week by one of the party’s security forces, reminding everyone present what was at stake.
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Dopo un paio di settimane di sparse dimostrazioni in giro per l’Iraq, questo 25 febbraio era un “giorno di furia” generale attraverso il paese. Piu’ di una dozzina di manifestazioni si sono verificate, da Basra a Baghdad, da Fallujah a Mosul. E Sulaimani, come la storia c’insegna, non e’ tale da restare a guardare.
Ecco delle foto degli eventi di questo venerdi’ pomeriggio nella piazza di Bardarki Sara, nel cuore del bazaar della citta’. Era una giornata bellissima, la piu’ piacevole e calda da tanto tempo. I dimostranti erano arrabbiatissimi con i leader politici, specialmente per l’alto livello di corruzione, ma l’atmosfera era generalmente una di celebrazione. Da un lato bandiere, bambini, famiglie, canti nazionalpopolari e cori in favore di maggiore liberta’ (“Azadi”!); dall’altro i poster omnipresenti che raffiguravano uno dei teenager uccisi settimana scorsa dalle forze di sicurezza di uno dei partiti, come per ricordare alla gente cosa c’e’ veramente in gioco in questi giorni.
Thank you Elia for this perspective. Awesome pics. Stay safe. Love you and miss you. Luisa, Duccio, Sofia and Stella.
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