Zawraa

Religiously mixed couples cannot be seen together at restaurants or in Baghdad's Zawraa park.

Love, sects don't mix among extremists in Iraq 2007

A couple holds hands as they walk through Zawraa, Baghdad's largest park, in June.

Love, sects don't mix among extremists in Iraq 2007

"We air this song six times per day because of the audience phone calls and e-mails," says Ali Abdel Hakim, a program manager at Al Zawraa TV, which airs music videos, movies and news.

USATODAY.com - Songs of peace and love find renewed popularity 2006

When Al Zawraa started in October 2005, it aired mostly love songs, Hakim says.

USATODAY.com - Songs of peace and love find renewed popularity 2006

Sunni insurgents in Iraq are running a 24-hour television channel, called Al Zawraa.

Boing Boing 2006

But all have an air of defiance, and in some of the fresh recruits there is a hint of gratitude for just making it through the queue at the murderous south gate, on Zawraa Road.

Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » NY Times: Democracy Should Be Painful 2005

But all have an air of defiance, and in some of the fresh recruits there is a hint of gratitude for just making it through the queue at the murderous south gate, on Zawraa Road.

Coyote Blog » 2005 » July 2005

This week, there were lines of families waiting to get into the al-Zawraa zoo in central Baghdad, and some restaurants in the city were full of patrons.

Iraq Turns Eye to Rebuilding 2007

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OpEdNews - Quicklink: Insurgent TV channel turns into Iraq's newest cult hit 2007

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