Letter.

Letter Published in The National UAE on 13 Jan 19 Hope for Baghdad, a great city blighted by conflic tI write in reference to your article Baghdad has always been one of the world’s great cities (January 10): Mustafa Alrawi’s article on Baghdad was meaningful and really reasonated with me. Even decades back, when the former president Saddam Hussein was ruling Baghdad in his dictatorial manner, the city was more colourful and many tourists visited. After years of war and instability, it now appears that the city’s charm is returning, which is an excellent development. As Mr Alrawi has rightly claimed, Baghdad’s historical background and large supply of oil should see the city regain its former position of a great metropolis. Personally, I pray that Baghdad, and Iraq in general, will return to normality soon.K Ragavan, Bengaluru