Category Archives: Baghdad – London

By now, Margaret Thatcher has been Prime Minister for 3 years. The UK was in deep recession caused by the government’s policies of spending cuts and pursuance of monetarism to reduce inflation. Furthermore, in order to curtail Union Power, the … Continue reading →

I completed my B.Sc. degree in 1975, it was customary then for Iraqi scholarship students to carry on with their studies supported by the Iraqi government. So I and  other fellow scholarship students moved on to doing our M.Sc. degrees. … Continue reading →

In the summer of 1970, I and some 30 young bright students were awarded 5-year scholarships to the study in the UK having achieved top marks at the Iraqi Baccalaureate examinations. Of course I had mixed emotions about such a … Continue reading →