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Assyrian dancer and musicians performing the khigga, 1942

Place: Habbaniya · today Iraq
Date: 1942

An Assyrian dancer in an embroidered jacket and keffiyeh raises a dagger, accompanied by a zurna player and a drummer in patterned national dress, on a parade ground in Iraq. Photographed by Cecil Beaton in 1942.

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Imperial War Museums (Cecil Beaton in the Middle East, February–July 1942)

Cecil Beaton · IWM Non-Commercial Licence

Assyrian dancer and musicians performing the khigga, 1942

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