In pictures: Views from Iraq
Ali Shalan, 27, taxi driver

Life now for me is both good and bad at the same time. Good because we are free to say and think the way we like, but bad because the security situation is very bad.

I live in a small area in Baghdad called Rahmaniya and people in my area cooperate with each other to keep our area safe. We are all poor people; we live a simple life but a happy one.

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