Tennis in Iraq is a matter of life and death
In central Baghdad, a stone’s throw away from Firdos Square where Saddam Hussain’s giant bronze bust once stood, lies the upmarket Alwiyah club, one of the city’s main social hubs. Here the alcohol flows freely, Arabic pop music blares across the well-tended lawns and as many as 1,000 people regularly gather to play chess, bingo […]David Cox reports for Al Jazeera:
In central Baghdad, a stone’s throw away from Firdos Square where Saddam Hussain’s giant bronze bust once stood, lies the upmarket Alwiyah club, one of the city’s main social hubs.
Here the alcohol flows freely, Arabic pop music blares across the well-tended lawns and as many as 1,000 people regularly gather to play chess, bingo and tennis.
