Word: perownia
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Most Iraqis doubted whether Iraq (or Perownia, as their country is sometimes called) shone any brighter after 30 years of British control. The wretched fellahin are as wretched as ever, the elite of landowners and sheiks as firmly entrenched, and Iraq's economy as firmly tied to Britain's. The literacy rate is still somewhere between 5 and 10%; public health service is almost nonexistent...