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Nature 446, 366-368 (22 March 2007) | doi:10.1038/446366a; Published online 21 March 2007
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Four years in Iraq: Lives in limbo
Jim Giles1
- Jim Giles is a reporter for Nature in London.
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Many Iraqi academics have escaped death threats only to find that their qualifications are obsolete and immigration authorities are unsympathetic. Jim Giles hears their stories.
Some 20 years ago, Ali Althamir led a comfortable life in Iraq. As head of a university department and an expert in computing, he was part of a well-heeled middle class.
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