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Memorial Day in Iraq

Ammar looks about six or seven years old. There's no birth date on his gravestone but instead his picture in the centre of it. It shows him with his hands on his hips and a smile on his face, the kind of smile that comes from being in a loving family. I don't know who […]

Imran Khan writes for Al Jazeera:

Ammar looks about six or seven years old. There's no birth date on his gravestone but instead his picture in the centre of it.

It shows him with his hands on his hips and a smile on his face, the kind of smile that comes from being in a loving family.

I don't know who took the picture, but it looks like one of those snaps taken on a special occasion. Who knows, maybe it was the religious festival of Eid or a birthday.