Programs: XL Reports, 06 November, 2009

Tales from Karrada

With talk of peace, Fouad Hady returns home to Baghdad to see how life has changed. He finds Karrada, a once affluent and peaceful district, plagued by power cuts and the constant threat of attack.

Being close to the Green Zone and home to politicians, Karrada has become a target for insurgents. Karrada was really safe before, but not now. If you go out in the morning you don't know if you will return in the afternoon. The people Fouad films show how painful life is for ordinary Iraqis, from the mother mourning her Iraqi soldier son killed by the US army, to the generator repair man who won’t charge for his work.