"I chose life" .. a campaign to remove the fear of Karrada

"I chose life" .. a campaign to remove the fear of Karrada


 Baghdad / Amer supporter

Fired activists and citizens of the inhabitants of Karrada, central Baghdad, yesterday, the campaign "chose life", which aims to remove the manifestations of fear and terror from the city, which has seen frequent terrorist attacks, the latest bombing Ashtdav citizens near the shop sundae seal the famous killing and wounding more than 20 civilians.

Zain Yusuf says one of the activists in the campaign "long", "This campaign is aimed at re - soul to the Karrada district , especially since terrorism has taken many of them became unable to stand up ."
Yousuf said , "In such this day almost a year ago was the Karrada street can not enter by the severity of the congestion and also markets full purchasing groceries."
He said the "case differed now Valkradh closed daily , and its markets almost empty despite the approaching holiday and also the month of Ramadan , which are flocking by the families to stay late hours of the night."
Yousef added that "participation in this campaign is a national duty and humanitarian because this region deserves much to offer her where she was the lung of the capital Baghdad."
For his part, Mohammed Razak - shop owner in the Karrada district in his "long", that " the joy of this campaign for many reasons , the first of the existence of hope the return of the spirit of this region."
Razak added that "most of the shop owners are now working only to pay their rent monthly and get a small percentage of income, in the hope of the return of the market."
He said the "explosion which took place last year , but the balance of the region, in addition to the main street pieces to make the semi - dead and markets empty of customers."
Razak pointed out that "all his colleagues from the shop owners who participated in this campaign , and they were happy it, where they promoted on their pages on Facebook."
For his part , says Reem Ali - a citizen of the inhabitants of the Karrada district that "fear is still haunting all families Baghdadi because the blast , which happened last year is hard to forget."
Ali said in her "long", that "her brothers and despite everything still go out on a daily basis to the Karrada district," stressing that "life must continue and must not surrender."
He showed that "campaign # Okhtar_alehiah must reach politicians primarily because they have their plans of security and constant failure delivered the Karrada to this stage , " asserting that "all Baghdadis citizens want this region to go back again as it was where it markets haven for most families."
Salam Fadel - a college student said in his speech for the "long", that "Karrada was his neighborhood 's favorite shop and buy clothes, but interrupted after a while because of the explosions."
Fadel expressed about " the return of his wish Karrada to normal , " stressing that " the security checkpoints part in the migration of people to this region, where Almtda needs a long time to enter the region."
And that "among the people who participated in the Akhtar_alehiah campaign in the hope of returning Karrada again to the fore, as many patrons have abandoned."
He added that "most college students were buying from the Karrada district and now the momentum went to the Mansour district , which has a large proportion of the security situation is good, and the citizen has the right to search for the area feel safe in it."
It began a campaign "of Karrada chose life" to spread through the social networking site "Facebook" and then adopted by a number of activists and owners of shops located in the Karrada district.
Witnessing the Karrada district, central Baghdad, between the duration and other bombings, car bombs and improvised explosive devices, was the heaviest in the third July 2016 as it led a car bomb suicide led to the killing and wounding more than 400 people and causing considerable material damage to a number of commercial buildings bombing.


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