Kurdish club scene booming as Baghdad bans alcohol

[Pete]

Kurdish club scene booming as Baghdad bans alcohol

Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/news/w...#ixzz1Al4l3SG0

"Dozens of men gathered in the smoky little club to watch five scantily clad dancers sway their hips to the beat of a drum and the grooves of an electric piano. Once a common sight in Iraq's capital, Baghdad, the scene can now only be found in the more liberal Kurdish north........................"

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".....Now artists and entertainers have joined the refugees who over the past seven years streamed from other parts of Iraq into the three provinces that make up the Kurdish Autonomous Region in the north, seeking a safe haven from violence.

At the Love Club in Sulaimaniyah, Muhanad Hamad, a 26-year-old trader from the city of Tikrit, 80 miles (130 kilometers) north of Baghdad, was showering one of the singers with wads of cash.

"This is the only place in Iraq where I can enjoy my personal freedom and seek joy far from security worries. Nobody can question me about what I am doing," he said....................."

Interesting

[lindy]

Originally Posted by Pete

"...the Kurdish Autonomous Region in the north...the only place in Iraq where I can enjoy my personal freedom...far from security worries."

I support that (modified) statement 100%. It's a different world or, more appropriately, a different country up there.