Evolution of Iraq's tattoo culture shows impact of US legacy
2019年7月22日 · Today, some sixteen years after the invasion, young Iraqis are getting tattoo inspiration from American pop culture. Tattoos, which are permanent by nature, are a fitting example of the...
Artist Tattoos Indelible Iraq Memorial Into His Skin - NPR
2010年6月1日 · Artist Wafaa Bilal has his back tattooed with dots representing casualties of the Iraq war as names of the fallen are read aloud. Names of Iraqi cities are etched into his skin, and the dots...
5 Veteran Tattoos That Define 'War Ink' - Military.com
2017年10月5日 · If a picture’s worth a thousand words, then these veteran tattoos tell dramatic tales of the pain and perseverance that inspired them. ‘War Ink’ is a stunning online exhibit that uses tattoo...
Iraqi troops seek tattoos to cover their scars of war - Military Times
2018年11月28日 · Iraqi soldier Ziad Emad gets a tattoo on his arm to cover the wounds he suffered in the battle to oust the Islamic State group from Mosul. He is shown at a tattoo studio in Baghdad, Iraq, on...
The Skins They Carried - The Texas Observer
2008年3月21日 · A fourth type of military tattoo stands as a reminder of the human cost of the Iraq war. All the tattoo shops in Killeen now do dozens of memorial tattoos each month; the most common is the...
Americans' lasting mark on Iraq: colorful, complex tattoos
2009年3月3日 · Within months, he'd gotten a colorful eagle with flaming wings on his arm, the first of several tattoos. Nearly six years into the Iraq war, the American presence has literally left its mark on...
AP PHOTOS: Iraqis seek tattoos to cover scars of war
2018年11月28日 · BAGHDAD (AP) — The tattoos across Saad Khudeir’s body conceal the Iraqi soldier’s scars and reveal his unseen wounds. The face of his fiancee, who was killed in a car bomb near his Baghdad home in 2008, looks up from his right arm. Four years later, a suicide bomber rammed his army convoy in Fallujah, leaving burns across 70 percent of his body.
Reporter's Diary: Tattoo revolution in Baghdad - CGTN
2018年3月21日 · Over the burring of his ink gun, we learned 29-year-old Alaa started doing tattoos when he was just 17, and that while the body art craze might have plateaued in the Western world, it's just getting started in Iraq. It would seem Iraqi youths dig the ink, though it's still a practice that doesn’t sit well with many of the older generation here.
The strange world of Baghdad’s tattoo parlors
2014年7月22日 · Correspondent Abigail Hauslohner and photographer Max Becherer hang out with a diverse group of young Iraqis who all love tattoos
Iraqis seek tattoos to cover scars of war - AP Photos
2018年11月28日 · In this Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018, photo, Iraqi soldier Ziad Emad gets a tattoo on his arm to cover the wounds he suffered in the battle to oust the Islamic State group from Mosul, at a tattoo studio in Baghdad, Iraq. Aboud Abbas, who owns a tattoo studio, said he receives an average of 20 persons a year who want to cover their scars with tattoos ...