• Amal Amro, the Palestinian-Syrian owner, plays with a cat at 'Amal Pets Hotel' in Arbil, the capital of Iraq's northern Kurdish autonomous region, on August 24, 2022. (Photo by SAFIN HAMED / AFP)
    Amal Amro, the Palestinian-Syrian owner, plays with a cat at 'Amal Pets Hotel' in Arbil, the capital of Iraq's northern Kurdish autonomous region, on August 24, 2022. (Photo by SAFIN HAMED / AFP)
  • A dog looks at the camera at Amal Pets Hotel.
    A dog looks at the camera at Amal Pets Hotel.
  • An employee grooms a dog at the hotel.
    An employee grooms a dog at the hotel.
  • Cats at the hotel.
    Cats at the hotel.
  • Amal Amro pets a cat.
    Amal Amro pets a cat.
  • Ms Amro, left, the owner, plays with some of the dogs at the hotel.
    Ms Amro, left, the owner, plays with some of the dogs at the hotel.
  • Cats at the hotel.
    Cats at the hotel.
  • Ms Amro and an employee give one of the cats some medicine.
    Ms Amro and an employee give one of the cats some medicine.

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Amal Pets Hotel in Erbil - in pictures

The hotel is in the Kurdistan region of Iraq

The National

August 28, 2022

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