New Internationalist Co-Editor, Hadani Ditmars, reports: "As I write this letter, Iraq's fortunes hang in a delicate, dangerous balance. Politicians horse-trade, bombs continue to kill innocents, but Iraqis get on with the art of survival.

"'Iraq is finished,' a middle-aged man told me on my trip to the beleaguered nation in March. And indeed at times it felt like that: a broken, divided and ultimately colonized place.

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"But, as always, it was the young people who inspired hope. A young actor, who had survived sanctions, Saddam and post-invasion violence, and who was rehearsing for a play about a beloved and fiercely nationalist poet, told me: 'I love my country.' And his statement was heartfelt."

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- The power and the glory - Politicians promise a better future, while Iraqis remember a safer past.
- The waiting room - How much longer can Iraqis hold out for decent healthcare?

Issue #432 of the New Internationalist magazine also includes:
- Making Waves - Durga Sob, founder of the Feminist Dalit Organization, is fighting discrimination in Nepal.
- Empire of the senses - Despite Egypt's social constraints, the sensual will not be denied, argues Yahia Lababidi.

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