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Iraq my country: an exiles return to Samawa

Australia, 2005
film

Director Hadi Mahood returns to his hometown of Samawa, in the Shiite south of Iraq, after 14 years living in Australia, where he fled as a refugee from Sadam..

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For Sama

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My Country, My Country

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My family

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The Sky is Bluer

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Uncle Saddam

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Waiting to laugh

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In the shadow of Djebel Sindjar

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Tales from a suitcase: the Afghan experience [Widescreen]

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