As Iraq’s national power grid struggles to provide electricity, a new form of entrepreneur has started to fill the gap.
From: Fault Lines
Iraq: After the Americans
Fault Lines travels across Iraq to take the pulse of a country and its people after years of occupation.
31 Jul 2012
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