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Once Upon a Time in Iraq
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Waleed Neysif grew up in Iraq under Saddam Hussein’s brutal regime, dreaming of the America of blue jeans, skateboards and McDonald’s that he’d seen in the movies. Then, in 2003, when Neysif was 18, American troops invaded Iraq and the tanks rolled into Baghdad.
‘I was infatuated with the West,’ admits Neysif. ‘When we started to hear the murmurs we were about to be invaded, I was excited. I thought we were about to become a land of dreams.
‘I was pro-war. There was a genuine sense of hope, and then when we saw the statue of Saddam Hussein fall, the belief became more and more cemented that this was actually happening.’
This story is from the July 11, 2020 edition of TV & Satellite Week.
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