Mein Kuwait

Mein KuwaitOn a midsummer's night in Baghdad, soon after the ceasefire in Iraq's long war with Iran, Mohammed Abid stood outside his restaurant by the Tigris River, poking a net at the last fish circling in a tiled tub of water."Tonight Iraq celebrates victory and eats a very great deal," he said. "But in the morning, maybe we find that peace is like this fish, a slippery thing that swims round and round and sneaks away."Snaring the river fish, Mohammed flopped it onto the si...