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World Service,03 May 2019,12 mins

Healing Iraq's mental wounds

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Namak Knoshnaw spent a year making the BBC Arabic documentary Iraq: A State of Mind. It follows the stories of three people dealing with the psychological impact of half a century of war, invasion, sectarian violence and occupation by the so-called Islamic State. Namak grew up in Iraq, and it is a story close to his heart. (Photo: Karim Wasfi playing his cello in Baghdad. Credit: Sabah Arar/AFP/Getty Images)

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