Iraq’s prohibition zeal threatens Baghdad’s boozy subculture

The smell of dampness rises through the dust at a private club in central Baghdad, one of many shut in a crackdown on alcohol sales in Iraq.“We appealed to all authorities in the country, but no one listened to us,“ said the owner, a Christian who asked not to be named.Although a law banning the sale and import of alcohol was passed in 2016 and came into force at the start of last year…
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