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OKAY, WHAT NOW? Covering a range of approaches from science fiction, to allegory, to magic realism these stories use the blank canvas of the future to explore the nation s hopes and fears in equal measure. Along the way a new aesthetic for the Iraqi fantastical begins to emerge: thus we meet time-travelling angels, technophobic dictators, talking statues, macabre museum-worlds, even hovering tiger- droids, and all the time buoyed by a dark, inventive humor that, in itself, offers hope. Available on Amazon and Mosaic Rooms. qahwaproject.com @qahwaproject