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Baghdad's newly opened skate park offers safe space Iraqi youth have longed for

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Baghdad 's newly opened skate park offers safe space Iraqi youth have longed for.

Skating remains less popular in Iraq than soccer and other mainstream sports, but many hope it will encourage more young people to take up the sport.

The park also sparked enthusiasm among female skaters, despite lingering societal resistance to girls participating in the sport seen as rough and sometimes dangerous.

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semi-formal

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English

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55

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short-lived

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