1, 2025. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil) Two girls rollerblade in the first skatepark of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil) A girl practices skateboarding in the first skatepark of ...

That may be starting to change. The capital inaugurated its first skate park this weekend at a ceremony attended by foreign diplomats, sports officials and young athletes, in what many hope will ...