In Baghdad, young skater Yas captures the rise of skate culture against tradition in Iraq’s capital

In Baghdad, 19-year-old skater and mechanic Yas and his friends ride through a city where skating is still seen as foreign and shameful.

A rare look at Baghdad's young skaters, finding freedom on wheels against traditional disapproval.

Under a growing Western influence, and fragments of outside culture filtered in through social media, Baghdad’s social landscape is shifting – as traditional values intersect with an inner restlessness among the city’s y

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