World● Low5d ago · Oct 29, 2026, 2:52 PM
Greetings from Baghdad, where Agatha Christie's old home presents its own mystery
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from NPR News · Middle East
The English writer visited Iraq multiple times in the first half of the 20th century and set some of her mystery novels there. The house in Baghdad where she once lived now sits abandoned and crumbling.
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