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What lemmy thinks of Iraq? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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As an Iraqi, I do ask this question to myself a lot, what the world opinion on modern Iraq. It changed a lot especially after ISIS war, but people here generally don't value the change that much due to high unemployment rates, drought, and bossy militias.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

One thing that struck me as an adult is that I grew up learning about some ancient civilizations, but in school I never learned that Mesopotamia is a location in present day Iraq. It just feels weird that we could study about ancient cultures and not learn where they are on the globe today.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Didn't you have a picture of the cities were in the school manual? I find that surprising