Ahmad al-Awad harvests dates from one of his palm trees in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, July 9, 2022. (Photo: Hussein Faleh/AFP) Iraq Iraq's date palms: rescuing a national icon
Ahmad al-Awad harvests dates from one of his palm trees in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, July 9, 2022. (Photo: Hussein Faleh/AFP)