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![Iraqi Muslims shop at the Shorjah market ahead of Muslims' Holy Month of Ramadan in Baghdad, Iraq on 4 May 2019 [Haydar Karaalp/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/20190505_2_36309030_44201433-scaled.jpg?w=795&h=530&ssl=1 "Ramadan preparations in Iraq's Baghdad")
Iraqi Muslims shop at the Shorjah market ahead of Muslims’ Holy Month of Ramadan in Baghdad, Iraq on 4 May 2019 [Haydar Karaalp/Anadolu Agency]
![Iraqi Muslims shop at the Shorjah market ahead of Muslims' Holy Month of Ramadan in Baghdad, Iraq on 4 May 2019 [Haydar Karaalp/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/20190505_2_36309030_44201432.jpg?w=397&h=262&ssl=1 "Ramadan preparations in Iraq's Baghdad")
Iraqi Muslims shop at the Shorjah market ahead of Muslims’ Holy Month of Ramadan in Baghdad, Iraq on 4 May 2019 [Haydar Karaalp/Anadolu Agency]
![Iraqi Muslims shop at the Shorjah market ahead of Muslims' Holy Month of Ramadan in Baghdad, Iraq on 4 May 2019 [Haydar Karaalp/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/20190505_2_36309030_44201431-scaled.jpg?w=397&h=264&ssl=1 "Ramadan preparations in Iraq's Baghdad")
Iraqis at a food market in Baghdad, Iraq on 4 May 2019 [Haydar Karaalp/Anadolu Agency]
![Iraqi Muslims shop at the Shorjah market ahead of Muslims' Holy Month of Ramadan in Baghdad, Iraq on 4 May 2019 [Haydar Karaalp/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/20190505_2_36309030_44201430-1.jpg?w=395&h=264&ssl=1 "Ramadan preparations in Iraq's Baghdad")
Iraqi Muslims shop at the Shorjah market ahead of Muslims’ Holy Month of Ramadan in Baghdad, Iraq on 4 May 2019 [Haydar Karaalp/Anadolu Agency]
![Iraqi Muslims shop at the Shorjah market ahead of Muslims' Holy Month of Ramadan in Baghdad, Iraq on 4 May 2019 [Haydar Karaalp/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/20190505_2_36309030_44201434-1.jpg?w=395&h=263&ssl=1 "Ramadan preparations in Iraq's Baghdad")
Iraqi Muslims shop at the Shorjah market ahead of Muslims’ Holy Month of Ramadan in Baghdad, Iraq on 4 May 2019 [Haydar Karaalp/Anadolu Agency]
![Iraqi Muslims shop at the Shorjah market ahead of Muslims' Holy Month of Ramadan in Baghdad, Iraq on 4 May 2019 [Haydar Karaalp/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/20190505_2_36309030_44201435.jpg?w=797&h=531&ssl=1 "Ramadan preparations in Iraq's Baghdad")
Iraqi Muslims shop at the Shorjah market ahead of Muslims’ Holy Month of Ramadan in Baghdad, Iraq on 4 May 2019 [Haydar Karaalp/Anadolu Agency]
![Iraqi Muslims shop at the Shorjah market ahead of Muslims' Holy Month of Ramadan in Baghdad, Iraq on 4 May 2019 [Haydar Karaalp/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/20190505_2_36309030_44201436.jpg?w=396&h=264&ssl=1 "Ramadan preparations in Iraq's Baghdad")
Iraqi Muslims shop at the Shorjah market ahead of Muslims’ Holy Month of Ramadan in Baghdad, Iraq on 4 May 2019 [Haydar Karaalp/Anadolu Agency]
![Iraqi Muslims shop at the Shorjah market ahead of Muslims' Holy Month of Ramadan in Baghdad, Iraq on 4 May 2019 [Haydar Karaalp/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/20190505_2_36309030_44201437.jpg?w=396&h=264&ssl=1 "Ramadan preparations in Iraq's Baghdad")
Iraqi Muslims shop at the Shorjah market ahead of Muslims’ Holy Month of Ramadan in Baghdad, Iraq on 4 May 2019 [Haydar Karaalp/Anadolu Agency]
![Iraqi Muslims shop at the Shorjah market ahead of Muslims' Holy Month of Ramadan in Baghdad, Iraq on 4 May 2019 [Haydar Karaalp/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/20190505_2_36309030_44201438.jpg?w=396&h=264&ssl=1 "Ramadan preparations in Iraq's Baghdad")
Iraqi Muslims shop at the Shorjah market ahead of Muslims’ Holy Month of Ramadan in Baghdad, Iraq on 4 May 2019 [Haydar Karaalp/Anadolu Agency]