Two women in Baghdad.
Iraqi belly dancer loses her freedom.
Milad Siri, 27, an Iraqi belly dancer, checks her handgun before leaving her Baghdad home May 27. The Islamic dress and gun are additions necessary since the fall of Saddam Hussein.
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Iraqi women face an uncertain future.
Removing the veil is one step on a road to equality.
BAGHDAD, Iraq, June 17 — Since the fall of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, Kawkab Jalil has allowed herself some small pleasures. She hennaed her fingertips. She put on makeup and a dress and ventured out to a meeting with other women. She took off her veil.
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