For Kurdish Girls, a Painful Ancient Ritual in Iraqi Kurdistan

The widespread practice of female circumcision in Iraq's North highlights the plight of women in a region often seen as more socially progressive.

Sheelan Anwar Omer, a shy 7-year-old Kurdish girl, bounded into her neighbor's house with an ear-to-ear smile, looking for the party her mother had ...

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