Traditional wooden boats dying out in Baghdad amid prevailing modern lifestyle

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Traditional wooden boats dying out in Baghdad amid prevailing modern lifestyle

STORY: Traditional wooden boats dying out in Baghdad amid prevailing modern lifestyle DATELINE: March 10, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:04 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of wooden boats on the banks of the Tigris River in Baghdad 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ABBAS ABDUL-KAREEM, Owner of a boat-building workshop 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): ABU BILAL, Fisherman STORYLINE: Traditional wooden boats, which used to be part of the classic sceneries along the Tigris River in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, are disappearing, while boat craftsmen and owners are struggling to preserve this heritage as more modern boats sprout up. "The wooden boat industry has almost disappeared. There are very few wooden boat makers now," Abbas Abdul-Kareem, 42, told Xinhua in the al-Kareimat neighborhood, one of the oldest urban areas in central Baghdad. "My father and grandfathers used to build wooden boats, and many other workshops spread on both sides of the river here, but a few decades ago, this profession began to

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