As his costumers have dried up over the year and digital music takes over, he remains one of the last convinced keepers of this fading format in Baghdad. Dricus Du Plessis: How UFC Champion's ...

This isn't the Baghdad I once knew ... in the doorway of a local market to finish a conversation as Iraqi pop music blares from a boombox. Near the university several young women laugh as they ...

"It's only my second time skating, but I want to keep going, especially now we have the space for it here in Baghdad," the 22-year-old said as loud music mixed with laughter from fellow boarders.