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Distro - Iraq. Daily Life. Autumn. 1996 

Jean Gaumy 

IRAQ: DAILY LIFE UNDER SADDAM HUSSEIN

Jean GAUMY,on assignment for French magazine l'Express, was offered the rare possibility of shooting daily life scenes in Iraq end of 1996.
This color story illustrates the precarious economic situation,forcing some to sell their belongings and enabling others to
speculate on basic products desperatly needed.



Copyright: GAUMY/MAGNUM



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On the boarder to Jordania,Iraqi trucks transport oil. 

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Mosul. One of the crucial cities on the Kurdish "boarder". 

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Mosul. One of the crucial cities on the Kurdish "boarder". 

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Mosul. Young beggars. 

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Mosul. Young beggars. 

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Mosul. One of the crucial cities on the Kurdish "boarder". Near... 

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Baghdad. The Saddam hospital. 

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Baghdad. The Saddam hospital. Child dying of famine. 

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Baghdad. Saddam Hosp. Roselyne Bachelot (pink) head of France-Iraq... 

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Baghdad. French Republican deputy Roselyn Bachelot with Min.... 

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Baghdad. Min. of Foreign Affairs Mohamed Said al SAHAF. 

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Baghdad. Min. of Information and Culture Youssef HAMADI. 

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Baghdad. Vice President Taha Yassin RAMADAH. 

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Baghdad. Vice Prime Minister Tariq AZIZ. 

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Baghdad. Posters of Saddam HUSSEIN distributing food. 

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Baghdad. Posters of Saddam HUSSEIN distributing food. 

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Baghdad. 1996. Poster of Saddam HUSSEIN distributing food. 

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Baghdad. Saddam HUSSEIN posters all over the city. 

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Baghdad. Saddam HUSSEIN posters at the Tv-Radio flee market. 

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Baghdad. Saddam HUSSEIN posters all over the city. 

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Baghdad. Outside the Rachid Hotel. BUSH's image is meant to be... 

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Baghdad. Street scenes. 

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Baghdad. The Al Iskan area, poor part of town, with market. 

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Baghdad. The Al Iskan area, poor part of town, with market. 

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Baghdad. The stock market where new fortunes are made speculating... 

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Baghdad. The stock market where new fortunes are made speculating... 

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Baghdad. The stock market where new fortunes are made speculating... 

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Baghdad. Improvised auctions, people sell their belongings in... 

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Baghdad. Improvised auctions, people sell their belongings in... 

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Baghdad. The Nahtha flee market. A population under embargo selling... 

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Baghdad. The second hand car market in Kabibya. All parts are... 

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Baghdad. Street vendor in front of local movie theatre. 

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Baghdad. Middle class family having lunch at an "in" restaurant.... 

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Baghdad. International trade fair. 

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Baghdad. International trade fair. 

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Baghdad. International trade fair. 

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Baghdad. International trade fair. 

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Baghdad. Street photographers. 

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Baghdad.

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Baghdad. Faysal YASARI, director of the new satellite channel... 

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Baghdad. Wedding at the Rachid Hotel. 

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Baghdad. The Al Qods school in the Al Iskan area. Teaching the... 

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Baghdad. The Al Qods school in the Al Iskan area. Teaching the... 

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Baghdad. The Al Qods school in the Al Iskan area. Teaching the... 

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Al Cosh. Northern Iraq Christian monastery Notre Dame des Moissons.... 

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Al Cosh. Northern Iraq Christian monastery Notre Dame des Moissons.... 

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Al Cosh. Northern Iraq Christian monastery Notre Dame des Moissons.... 

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Mosul. The Younes mosque. 

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Mosul. The Younes mosque. 

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IRAQ. Mosul. The Younes mosque. 

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Baghdad. In the yard of Abdelkader mosque, healer Jabar is paid... 

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Baghdad. Friday prayer at the Abdelkader mosque. 

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Baghdad. Friday prayer at the Abdelkader mosque. 

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Baghdad. Amusement park. 

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Baghdad. French tourists posing in front of the famous statue... 

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Baghdad. Amusement park. 
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