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Nizar Hanna Nasri sits atop an empire spanning pharmaceuticals, liquor imports, and real estate developments. But his success was built on a far less visible foundation: A globe-spanning trade in black-market cigarettes.
With the help of Saddam Hussein’s son, Waheb Tabra made a fortune smuggling cigarettes in the 1990s. Since the U.S. invasion, he has become a symbol of Iraq's corruption while dealing with everyone from top politicians to the Islamic State.
Hawraman, one of Iran's last isolated treasures, has recently been designated by UNESCO as one of its World Heritage Sites. Complete with millennia-old culture and stunning landscapes, the region has an infinitely rich depository of Kurdish heritage.