WASHINGTON (AP) — When a bomb tore through a restaurant or business in Baghdad, Karim Wasfi and his cello would often appear with the urgency of a medic to promote his message of healing through music ...

Mosh pits are making a comeback in war weary Baghdad. BAGHDAD, Iraq Nov. 23, 2010— -- Heavy metal is back in Baghdad and for a change that doesn't mean tanks or artillery. More than 300 "metal ...

As students dash to class along a music-filled corridor, ballet shoes dangle from their backpacks. It could be a scene from a 1980s American dance movie. But this 2017 in Iraq’s capital, Baghdad. In a ...

Young people dance as they attend electronic music concert with western tunes at closed Hall in Shaab Stadium for the first time in Baghdad Young people dance as they attend electronic music concert ...

In a conflict zone, you train your emotions to resist all kinds of horrors and suddenly you can be unmanned by an unexpected moment of grace. At the Baghdad School of Music and Ballet, near the ...

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BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) - Members of rival Iraqi biker gangs, clad in studded leather and black berets, burst out of their semi-circles to break dance, their tattoo-covered arms waving neon glowsticks ...

Karim Wasfi, the former conductor of the Baghdad Symphony, plays his cello is Lafayette Park near a protest about President Donald Trump's immigration policies, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017 in Washington.

WASHINGTON (AP) — When a bomb tore through a restaurant or business in Baghdad, Karim Wasfi and his cello would often appear with the urgency of a medic to promote his message of healing through music ...