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Sam Kimball is an independent journalist who has covered culture, war and politics throughout the Middle East and North Africa. He currently focuses on Iraq, Tunisia and Libya.
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![DOUZ, TUNISIA: An abandoned Berber village sits in dunes in the vicinity of Zaafarane, near the southern Tunisian town of Douz, 24 December 2006 as the 39th International Sahara Festival opens. The festival, held 600 kms (370 miles) south of Tunis, draws locals and tourists for a cultural event that celebrates the region's heritage and desert people. AFP PHOTO FETHI BELAID (Photo credit should read FETHI BELAID/AFP via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2020/07/GettyImages-72873826.jpg/GettyImages-72873826.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=knvT0R3R)
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![Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani speaks to journalists on December 21, 2014 during a visit to Mount Sinjar, west of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Barzani hailed advances by peshmerga fighters against the Islamic State jihadist group (IS) as they battled the militants for a northern town, backed by US-led strikes. AFP PHOTO / SAFIN HAMED (Photo credit should read SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2017/07/GettyImages-460745784.jpg/GettyImages-460745784.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=6gOeK0kI)
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![Iraqi Christians come to visit the heavily damaged Church of the Immaculate Conception after Iraqi forces recaptured it from Islamic State in Qaraqosh, near Mosul, Iraq, December 9, 2016. REUTERS/Ammar Awad - RTSVFQP](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2017/02/RTSVFQP.jpg/RTSVFQP.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=IME5bKFn)
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