Years Unremarkably: Washington Post and Iran Rockets

years unremarkably: This image was shot for VII in June of 2016, according to Toronto Star. Ali Arkady / VII for The Washington Post file photo By Mitch Potter Foreign Affairs Writer Thu., May 25, 2017 When Iraqi photographer Ali Arkady was a little boy, it seemed war was everywhere. Mitch Potter/Toronto Star In 2014 Arkady joined the VII Photo Mentor Program a rare prize handed to just five shooters among 150 global applicants. His earliest memories include the sights and sounds of Saddam Hussein's war with Iran rockets, artillery, tanks and soldiers were for years unremarkably normal in his hometown of Khanaqin, just seven kilometres from the eastern border. That same year saw Saddam's ruthless al-Anfal campaign pound Iraq's Kurdish minority with the combined weight of his military and intelligence services. That was his reality until ceasefire took hold in the summer of 1988, when he was 6. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.