How a Jewish familys Baghdad home became Frances rent-free embassy
Along the banks of the Tigris River, behind a gated compound, stands the French embassy inBaghdad, built in the 1930s for a seemingly very different purpose. It features columns, fountains, a swimming pool and enough bedrooms to accommodate more than a dozen people.
The house once belonged to the Lawees, a Jewish family who rented the property toFranceafter fleeinganti-Semitism in Iraq. But for around 50 years, F