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Basra Museum reopens in Saddam Hussein's former palace
The museum closed in 1991 due to violence and looting, now its doors are open again. Director of the museum Qahtan Alabeed describes why he thinks it's such an important project.
(Photo: the former palace in Basra which is now home to the museum Credit: ESSAM AL-SUDANI/AFP/Getty Images)
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