Oct
27
2008
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Shopping in Bayaa |
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Written by JD Johannes
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Monday, 27 October 2008 |
Commerce. One of the key metrics I have used through the years to determine progress is commerce.
Iraqis understand commerce.
As I walked through the retail districts of Jihad and Bayaa anecdotally I can report that there is an increase in economic activity.
In discussions with shop owners in Jihad and Bayaa they report increased business from 2006 and 2007.
Bayaa, which has been walled in, is still going brisk, despite being difficult to reach. But people still come to Bayaa for the most stylish clothes and widest selection of products.
In the market of Bayaa you can buy everything.
If you can't buy it in Bayaa, it doesn't exist.
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| Kebabs. Tasty, but make sure they are fully cooked,and then cooked some more. |
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Time Magazine writer Brian Bennett interviews National Police Brigadier
General Bahaa Noori Yaseen. Watching Brian, an experienced
correspondent,
work is fascinating. The thoroughness he brings is
amazing. |
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| Mens wear shop, Bayaa. Iraqi men often dress more flamboyantly than Americans. |
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| Iraqi women shopping for handbags. |
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| Western style wedding dresses tuxedos are common in Baghdad. |
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These apartments over the commercial district of Bayaa would have been
too
much of a sniper threat for me to linger in the spring of 2007.
But that barely occurred to me today. |
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Smoothie Bayaa. The owner of this shop tried to give me some samples.
But I didn't feel like getting the dysentary. |
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| The latest in popular women's wear in Baghdad. |
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Your correspondent standing in the middle of the street.
I strapped my
helmet around my waist for
most of the walk through the Bayaa business
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