Ahmed Tabaqchali Profile picture
Chief Strategist AFC Iraq Fund @AsiaFrontierCap, Visiting Fellow @LSEMiddleEast, Sr Fellow @IRISmideast, Sr Non-Resident Fellow @AtlanticCouncil

Aug 22, 2019, 5 tweets

As part of @AsiaFrontierCap’s continuing on the ground research in the countries we invest in, I report on my year in #Iraq ..

asiafrontiercapital.com/travel-reports…

1/5

... to give ourt readers, investors & friends a sense of the change that #Iraq has gone through over the last 18 monthss –– a significant social & economic transformation, brought on by the combination of the improved security & an expansionary budget ...

2/5

... by a government flush with the bounty bequeathed by higher oil prices.

The focus, is on transformation that #Baghdad, “ست البلاد”, has gone through, from the return of the social & economic life, the increased signs of construction activity in the city, ...

3/5

... the vibrant entrepreneurial space operating in #Baghdad & elsewhere in Iraq, a visit to the wonderous Iraqi museum, my old school-Madame Adel School in Al Al-Sa'adoon Park, before ending at the city’s literary heart-Al-Mutanabbi Street.

4/5

Share this Scrolly Tale with your friends.

A Scrolly Tale is a new way to read Twitter threads with a more visually immersive experience.
Discover more beautiful Scrolly Tales like this.

Keep scrolling