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Let not Ambition mock their useful toil,
Their homely joys, and destiny obscure;
Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile
The short and simple annals of the poor.
—Thomas Gray, “Elegy Written in a…
Contributor:
Meir Basri
Places:
Baghdad, Iraq
Date:
1955
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The whole city was talking about Regina’s wedding. I should tell you first that Regina is one of our former students. People were saying, “Yes, Regina is à la franca” (the expression means “European…
Contributor:
Djamilé Douec
Places:
Baghdad, Ottoman Empire (Baghdad, Iraq)
Date:
1903