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CAMEOS OF IRAQIS -

Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, who we once knew simply as "G," has been shortlisted for foreign correspondent of the year in the British Press Awards.

In Tuesday's piece, he returns to the city where he was born to interview current residents there. This piece features a humble school teacher and illuminates the circumstances under which he is trying to teach.

"Ali was appointed principal of the school in place of the former Ba'athist headmaster who fled the area fearing for his life. The militia that appointed him now controls the streets and decide how the school should run."

:: The Guardian ::

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