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Growing slums and misery in Iraq's Sadr City

Growing slums and misery in Iraq's Sadr City

Sadr City was previously known as Revolution City, but today it is one of the poorest and most neglected districts in the Iraqi capital.

Nearly half of Baghdad's eight million people live there. Most of them are Shia Muslims, and they blame politicians for failing to improve their lives.

Al Jazeera's Dorsa Jabbari reports.

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