"Iraq is the best it's ever been," said Khudair al-Ali, a young man who works for an oil company but on weekends drives for Careem, the Middle East's version of Uber. "But we still have problems," he said, gesturing at potholes he tries to avoid. "The streets need to be fixed and there are too many cars in Baghdad." "We need more bike lanes," he said, adding that it takes him 15 minutes cycle to work and over an hour to drive.  A lack of bike lanes was once the least of Iraq 's problems. The