Iraqi peasant woman, near Baghdad

New Oil wealth makes Iraq land of contrasts: Oil, the liquid gold which flows abundantly below its soil, has made Iraq, like other countries of the Middle East, of tremendous future importance Bagdad, the capital, presents a strange contrast of the old East and the new West, wide streets with modern buildings are filled with British and American cars, but just behind these buildings are remshackle Areb dwellings. Hotels are modern, but sewage and sanitation are practically nil. Washing machines, vacuum cleaners and wireless sets are pouring into the country for the new rich, but life has changed little for the peasants who still live in mud huts and are illiterate. But Harrow-educated ? KING Feisal and his ministers are planning to spend some of the enormous oil royalties on schools, hospitals and for the general improvement of the people. Baghdad stands near the traditional- site of the Garden of Eden, Wise spending and planning might well result in a modern Garden of Eden for the people of 20th Century Bagdad Where time has stood still in Iraq: The new rich of Baghdad are spending their money on wireless sets, Vacuum cleaners and washing machines. This peasant woman at Selman Pak, near Baghdad, squats outside her flimsy wood and straw house and does her washing in a small bowl, just as she has always done

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