From Mosul to Baghdad, a song of Iraqi solidarity and resistance

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While Baghdad anti-regime protesters have clashed with riot police, their supporters in Mosul are using art to fight for change, with a new take on the resistance anthem

The viral music video has scored hundreds of thousands of hits despite frequent internet blackouts in Iraq

Like activists elsewhere, they borrow from popular culture, donning the red jumpsuits and Dali masks of the Spanish Netflix hit series La Casa de Papel , which has revived the Italian classic. “The song is an artistic message of solidarity from Mosul to the protesters to say: our hearts are with you,” said 25-year-old Abdulrahman al-Rubaye, the clip’s director.The video opens with a despondent mechanic played by Mohammed Bakri, 26, who heads the team of 14 performers that produced the song.

Sunni communities in the country’s north and west have indeed stayed clear of the protest movement, despite the desperate state of public services there after years of war and neglect.

 

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