Iraq has been banned from the Olympics. But take heart!
War and hardship, though, have not destroyed all of Iraqâs dreams for international competition. The country, which has been in three wars in two decades, has a robust Paralympic team.
âAs a country that participated in many wars since 1980, we have many disabled people,â said Ahmed Abid Hassan, a wheelchair fencing coach. âOur Paralympic team is better than our Olympic team.â
That’s via last month’s New York Times (original source: the perpetual crushing horror of this world).