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‘I could have been an Islamic State bride’: the story behind this year’s buzziest comic debut
One February evening, in Baghdad’s Green Zone, I found myself ransacking an Iraqi MP’s wardrobe. She had looked me up and down, considering my skirt suit and heels. “You have to dress modestly,” she said, “to meet the Islamic State women.” It was 2019, and …