This tile mosaic was created by Leila Al-Attar. At the time, she was a very successful and famous Iraqi artist. Her house was struck by a US bomb in 1991, which she survived. In 1993, under President Clinton, 23 "targetted" cruise missiles were launched at Iraq. 8 of the missiles strayed into residential areas, one killing Leila Al-Attar. The
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