In a Nasiriyah elementary school, a woman displays her purple fingertip after casting her ballot. By law, women must fill a quarter of the seats in Iraq’s parliament.
(Flickr/DVIDSHUB)

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In a Nasiriyah elementary school, a woman displays her purple fingertip after casting her ballot. By law, women must fill a quarter of the seats in Iraq’s parliament.
(Flickr/DVIDSHUB)
Alexandra Gutierrez is a reporter based in the Aleutian Islands. She is also former associate web editor of The American Prospect. More by Alexandra Gutierrez