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Baghdad Boy - Part One
Seven years after an American rocket attack destroyed his home, killed 16 members of his family, and left him without arms, Ali Abbas returns to Baghdad. Now 19 years old and a...
Seven years after an American rocket attack destroyed his home, killed 16 members of his family, and left him without arms, Ali Abbas returns to Baghdad. Now 19 years old and with loved ones looking to arrange a marriage it鈥檚 time to become an adult but, with his childhood stolen, adapting is a struggle and the future uncertain. In part one, the 麻豆社's Hugh Sykes joins Ali just before he leaves for Baghdad.
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