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It is a family ritual played out in second-hand car markets across the globe - a father buying a car for his son. Aadel Kadhem, 43, and his 23-year-old son Mohammed walked around a pair of black BMWs, opening the doors, staring through the windows. Mr Kadhem snr paints cars for a living, and his income has risen ten-fold since the fall of Saddam Hussein’s government, he said, allowing him to squirrel away £1,700 for a car for his son. "The situation is still tight for us, but we have a bit to play with," Mr Kadhem snr said. "In the past, the government wanted to fight against the citizens; they wanted this country to be underdeveloped. But my income now is much stronger than before."
| "I've been able to put some money away to buy a car for Junior so he can get laid and eventually wreck it..." Sigh. I suppose parents around the world go through the same routine. Good luck, pal. |
Jamal Nasir, the owner of the Black Gold, the car shop, looked on with a glint in his eye and a smile on his lips. "Because of small salaries before, many people couldn’t buy cars," he said. "Now I sell to all sectors of society. It’s the wheel of life. Everybody’s working, getting better salaries than before."
‘It’s the wheel of life,’ indeed. There is more. Please read. |