Iraqi women on the edges of power

BAGHDAD — Amal Kibash, a candidate for the Baghdad provincial council, is running a bold and even feverish campaign by most standards.

With elections coming Saturday, Kibash never wastes a chance to reel in another voter. “You are going to vote for me, right?” she quizzed passers-by with a smile while strolling recently through her neighborhood of Sadr City, until May a battleground for Shiite militias. Giant posters of her veil-framed face were draped on several buildings, some of which still bore the marks of recent fighting.

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