Shafaq News / With gloomy faces and playgrounds from pre-technological eras, the residents of Sadr City, Baghdad, received this year's Eid

Sadr city, which is home to famous poets, athletes, and intellectuals, is inhabited by more than two million people, most of them are self-employed. 

Moreover, the city lacks basic services and green spaces that might help the residents have a good time away from the bitter reality. 

Shafaq News agency's lens documented the people's attempts to get into the holiday spirit, despite their hard living conditions.