The evening began with a stroll in Abu Nuwas Park, a tree-studded stretch along the Tigris River.

傍晚，我们先在阿布努瓦斯公园内闲逛了一会，这个公园沿底格里斯河而建，园内满是树木。

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Nuwas was reported to favor the drink, and indeed, the statue at the park's entrance features Baghdad's bard clutching a cup, the contents of which are unknown.

的确，在公园大门处这位巴格达诗人的雕像就端着个酒杯，不过酒杯里装的什么就没人知道了。

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Many of the love poems of the eighth-century Abu Nuwas in Baghdad, and of other Persian and Urdu poets, were addressed to boys.

ECONOMIST: Islam and homosexuality