Iraq's last gas cylinder singing deliveryman dreams of stardom

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Deliveryman Abbas carrying a gas cylinder in the Karrada district of Iraq's capital Baghdad. Photos: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP

In the Karrada district of Iraq's capital, residents awake to a gas bottle deliveryman's dulcet tones – once a country-wide tradition, but now a solo act.

"My heart rediscovers love, as if it learnt nothing from past suffering," croons Mountazar Abbas, in homage to famous Iraqi singer Yass Khodr.

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