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Archive Home > 2009 > August > 15 > Iraq’s date farmers are a symbol of hard times

Iraq’s date farmers are a symbol of hard times

By Timothy Williams / The Bulletin
August 15, 2009

BAGHDAD " Late July and early August is date-harvesting season in Iraq, when within the span of a few weeks the desert sun turns hard green spheres into tender, golden brown fruit prized for its sweetness.

But here in Iraq, one of the places where agriculture was invented more than 7,000....

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