Does Bahloul Younes make the best shawarma in Baghdad?
Younes, pictured above manning his cart in Baghdad’s Adhamiyah neighborhood, is said by his customers to make the best there is to be had in the city. He meekly told Anthony Shadid, in a story that appeared in Wednesday’s Washington Post, “I cannot praise myself, but some people say so.” Here’s the article. ••••••••••••••••• Ordinary Moments in a Once-Unpredictable Place Two Hours at a Baghdad Shawarma Stand The cart teetered out at 4 p.m. Unique, its owner, Bahloul Younes, called it. Admiringly, he pointed to its steel ornaments, wrought in curves like the letter S. He looked fondly at the rickety wheels that carry it each day to the neighborhood of Adhamiyah, once one of Baghdad’s most dangerous. “A proper place would be too expensive,” Younes admitted. Soon after, he hung three lights on it, rigging electricity from a spider’s web of necessity and ingenuity that hovered over the street. They flickered on, tentative and hesitant, like so much in Baghdad these days. So black it bore a
