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Ali Adeeb al Naemi

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  Ali Adeeb al Naemi is an Iraqi journalist who was a news editor for the New York Times Baghdad bureau. Al Naemi came to Michigan as a Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellow in 2007, and will begin graduate school at NYU soon.

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• This Weekend in 1968: Iraq

  

  The Ba'ath Party wrested control of Iraq's government 40 years ago in 1968. Although initially bloodless, the so-called "White Revolution" became increasingly ruthless as a young and ambitious Saddam Hussein consolidated his power and silenced his opposition. On the anniversary of the Ba'athist Regime's rise to power, we hear from Iraqis who witnessed the birth of a new government.

• What's Your Weekend Soundtrack?

  Maybe it was the backdrop to your greatest day ever. Maybe it's a song that brings you to tears. In the soundtrack to your life, what song is playing when the weekend comes around?

  Tell us about it.

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