IRAQ - CIRCA 2003: Chaldean wedding - Near the city of Mosul, a Christian majority inhabits the village of Qaraqosh - Members of the Syriac Catholic church, most of them come from Tikrit, the birthplace of the President - Chased from Tikrit by the Ottomans in the sixteenth century, these Christians took refuge in Qaraqosh and were converted to Catholicism by Italian Dominicans - Today, many national schools are still run by Dominican nuns - They have continued to supervize a private orphanage and are active members of the many associations based in the village - Christians represent only 4% of the Iraqi population and 70% of these Christians live in Baghdad - NO SALE FOR BOOK PUBLISHING PURPOSES in Qaraqosh, Iraq in 2003. (Photo by Yves GELLIE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
