Searching for Gertrude Bell, colonial ‘mother’ of modern Iraq ...Middle East

BAGHDAD: For someone credited with being an architect of the nation, the grave of British archaeologist, writer, diplomat and spy Gertrude Bell in the Iraqi capital Baghdad is hard to find.Down an alley in the heart of the capital, through a heavily locked gate into the Protestant cemetery, and then amid a confusing maze of gravestones, caretaker Ali Mansour leads the way.“Miss Bell”, as the Iraqis call her, played a key role in forging modern Iraq a century ago.She helped redraw the map of the Middle East as the Ottoman Empire was crumbling after defeat in World War I, based on intelligence she gathered during extensive travels with Bedouin tribes.The controversial role Britain and its riva

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