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An Iraqi policeman, who says he was tortured by Hussein's forces, stops traffic after an attack against U.S. soldiers, Ar
Ramadi

An Iraqi policeman, who says he was tortured by Hussein's forces, stops traffic after an attack against U.S. soldiers, Ar Ramadi
An Iraqi policeman, who says he was tortured by Hussein's forces, stops traffic after an attack against U.S. soldiers, Ar Ramadi
An Iraqi policeman, who says he was tortured by Hussein's forces, stops traffic after an attack against U.S. soldiers, Ar Ramadi
ArtistAmerican, born 1961
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • An Iraqi policeman, who says he was tortured by Hussein's forces, stops traffic after an attack against U.S. soldiers, Ar
    Ramadi
  • from the series Night of a Thousand Stars
Date2006
Place depictedAr-Ramādī, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsSheet: 13 × 19 in. (33 × 48.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Joy of Giving Something, Inc.
Object number2025.135.22
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceJoy of Giving Something, Inc.; given to MFAH, 2025.
Published References Smith, Joel Preston. Night of a Thousand Stars & Other Portraits of Iraq. Tucson: Nazraeli Press, 2006.

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