Iraq’s Artists Reflect Pain, Trauma of the War and Uncertainty

Iraqi painter Muayad Muhsin gestures towards a painting while in his studio during an interview with The Associated Press in Baghdad. Iraq's artists are using their work to reflect the turmoil since the 2003 U.S. led invasion, their country's traumas and uncertainty over its future. AP Photo/Hadi Mizban.

BAGHDAD (AP).- Iraq's artists are using their work to try to process the turmoil since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, and what they are producing shows a profound anger over their country's traumas and uncertainty over its future. They have a lot to deal with: A change of regime, foreign occupation, an insurgency, sectarian massacres and, now, the prospect of a divided nation left by the Americans in the hands of unpopular politicians, unprepared security forces and a fragile democracy. The ambivalence is clear.


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