In Iraq, the date palm and its bounty are national icons, but they are being battered by drought. Once known as the country of "30 million palm trees", ...

Amal Al Nour, date coffee drinker. Between the 1950s and 1970s, Iraq was the world’s top grower of dates, producing nearly one million tonnes a year. The country had about 32 million date palm ...

Bare feet pressed against the rough trunk of a palm tree, his back supported by a metal and fabric harness, Ali Abed begins the climb to the dates above.In Iraq, the date palm and its bounty are ...

The nubmer of date palms in Iraq has rebounded to levels not seen since the 1980s, but they face a growing threat of drought ...

In Iraq, the date palm and its bounty are national icons, but they are being battered by drought. Once known as the country of "30 million palm trees", Iraq's ancient date-growing culture had ...

Bare feet pressed against the rough trunk of a palm tree, his back supported by a metal and fabric harness, Ali Abed begins the climb to the dates above. In Iraq, the date palm and its bounty are ...