The Western tourists going to Iraq for vacation
By Richard Collett, CNN Source: CNN Website Thursday,November 21,2024 https://www.cnn.com/travel/western-tourists-going-to-iraq-for-vacation/index.html?cid=ios_app
Who Decides What Is Democratic?
https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/who-decides-what-is-democratic
HISTORY AND CULTURE OF IRAQ
Source:ADC
The Education Crisis in Iraq: A Call for Urgent Reforms
Source: Education International https://www.ei-ie.org/en/item/28461:the-education-crisis-in-iraq-a-call-for-urgent-reforms
Iraq: Looming Camp Closures in Kurdistan
Displaced Sinjar Residents Imperiled as Compensation, Reconstruction Stalls Source: Human Rights Watch https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/05/13/iraq-looming-camp-closures-kurdistan
Wetlands of Resistance
Research on the story and restoration possibilities of the Iraqi Marshlands By Ameneh Solati Source: e-flux Architecure https://www.e-flux.com/architecture/hydroreflexivity/543092/wetlands-of-resistance
Death of six children in Iraq lorry accident sparks anger
Iraqis blame widespread corruption and neglect for the fatal accident in southern province of Basra Source:MENA https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2024/04/03/iraq-haritha-basra-children-road-accident/
Iraq’s overreliance on oil threatens economic, political strife
More than 90 percent of Iraq’s government revenue comes from oil, leaving the country hostage to global prices. Source:Aljazeera https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/28/iraqs-overreliance-on-oil-threatens-economic-political-strife
UNRWA fears are a normal trade-off ininternational aid. Funding must resume now
The Source: The New Humanitarian https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2024/02/14/unrwa-fears-normal-international-aid-funding-must-resume-now
The Looting and Repatriation of Iraq’s Archives
The Looting and Repatriation of Iraq’s ArchivesA conversation with Saad Eskander and Sara Farhan Friday, 2 June 2023, 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time (Canada and US) In-person Meeting:University of Toronto15 King’s College CircleUniversity College Room 179Speakers:Saad Eskander is a historian, scholar, and...
Basra Governor gifts Pope Francis a painting of the Iraqi marshes
Source:Iraqi News Agency
WATER CRISIS IN FOCUS: STREAMS RUN DRY IN SOUTHERN IRAQ
Source: IOM UN Migrate https://mena.iom.int/stories/water-crisis-focus-streams-run-dry-southern-iraq
Iraq’s Tishreen Uprising: From Barricades to Ballot Box
Source:International Crisis Group https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/gulf-and-arabian-peninsula/iraq/223-iraqs-tishreen-uprising-barricades-ballot-box
Education problems in Iraq Causes and solutions (Social field study in Mosul)
عادل نمر عطيه Source: Iraqi Academic Scientific Journals https://www.iasj.net/iasj/article/175908
Iraqi environmental activist kidnapped at gunpoint
Source: Iraqi News
Iraq’s Water Crisis: Could the Bakhma Dam Help Solve It?
By Eric Davis and Jabbar Jaafar The NEW MIDDLE EAST http://new-middle-east.blogspot.com/2022/07/iraqs-water-crisis-could-bakhma-dam.html
Education in Iraq: Current Situation and New Perspectives!
A report on the situation today and our strategies for the immediate future By Dr Ala’din A.S. Alwan,the former minister of education Ministry of Education 2004 https://govinfo.library.unt.edu/cpa-iraq/ES/Iraqmoe_sit_analysis.pdf
The current situation of public education in Iraq!
https://almadapaper.net/view.php?cat=249048
Building Forward Better to Ensure Learning for All Children in Iraq: An Education Reform Path
Source:The World Bank website https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/iraq/publication/building-forward-better-to-ensure-learning-for-all-children-in-iraq-an-education-reform-path
Abdulamir Al-Hamdani, the revered archaeologist and former Iraqi culture minister, has died, aged 55
Source: The Art Newspaper Abdulamir Al-Hamdani, the revered archaeologist and former Iraqi culture minister, has died, aged 55 Hamdani, who served as Iraq’s culture minister from 2018 to 2020, played a vital role in rescuing, restoring and cataloguing the...
Dr Abdulameer al-Hamdani
Source: The British Institute for the Study of Iraq Dr Abdulameer al-Hamdani Source: The British Institute for the Study of Iraq Dr Abdulameer al-Hamdani 1967-2022 The Trustees of the British Institute for the Study of Iraq were deeply saddened...
Baghdad is investigating forged high school diplomas issued to Iraqis from 3 Lebanese universities
Source: Sawah Press Baghdad is investigating forged high school diplomas issued to Iraqis from 3 Lebanese universities Source: Sawah Press The Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research summoned its cultural attaché in Beirut, Thursday, as part of...
Why preserving Iraq’s cultural heritage is crucial post-ISIS
Source:euronews.travel Why preserving Iraq’s cultural heritage is crucial post-ISIS The mountains of Iraq – Copyright CanvaBy Hannah McCarthy • Updated: 20/08/2021 The Citadel in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan region in Iraq, received its UNESCO world heritage status in 2014. That was the same year...
An “illiterate generation”—one of Iraq’s untold pandemic stories
Source: Atlantic Council www.atlantcicouncil.org MENASource July 26, 2021 An “illiterate generation”—one of Iraq’s untold pandemic stories By Hezha Barzani The impacts of the coronavirus pandemic in Iraq are devastating. With a population of over thirty-nine million, Iraq has totaled at...
Iraq: An Urgent Call for Education Reforms to Ensure Learning for All Children and Boost Human Capital
PRESS RELEASE OCTOBER 20, 2021 Iraq: An Urgent Call for Education Reforms to Ensure Learning for All Children and Boost Human Capital Source: The World Bank website Washington DC, October 20, 2021 – Learning levels in Iraq are among the lowest...
Education
Every child in school, and learning Source: Unicef.org https://www.unicef.org/iraq/what-we-do/education
Iraq: Ancient Mesopotamian marshes threatened by sewage
Source: Aljazeera.com https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2021/5/5/iraq-ancient-mesopotamian-marshes-threatened-by-sewage
Iraq’s perfect storm – a climate and environmental crisis amid the scars of war
https://reliefweb.int/report/iraq/iraq-s-perfect-storm-climate-and-environmental-crisis-amid-scars-war
Iraq: The changing face of Baghdad’s historic neighborhoods
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA Concrete skeletons now punctuate a skyline previously peppered with palm trees as flats gradually usurp old homes.by Simona Foltyn 9 Sept 2020 Source:ALJazeera MORE ON IRAQ Iranians remember sacrifices on Iran-Iraq war anniversarytoday Why are activists in Iraq...
Briefing: For many Iraqis, post-war life remains a struggle
https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2019/07/22/iraq-displacement-crisis-recovery
مدارس أهليّة في ذي قار نسبة النجاح فيها صفر
ذي قار / حسين العامل كشفت لجنة التربية والتعليم العالي في مجلس محافظة ذي قار عن تدني غير مسبوق بنتائج مرحلة الثالث متوسط والتي بلغت 34 بالمئة على مستوى العراق و 37 بالمئة في محافظة ذي قار، وفيما عزت...
أمة في خطر : تأملات لحال ومستقبل التعليم، التربية والثقافة في العراق
د. أحمد عبد الرزاق شكارة إن تقييم حال ومستقبل التربية ، التعليم والثقافة في العراق أضحى مسألة جد حيوية ينتظرها كل عراقي وطني غيور على مصلحة ومستقبل بلاده من أجل بث وتنشيط الروح المعنوية – الفكرية –التعليمية – العلمية...
UNESCO names ancient Babylon city a World Heritage Site
The UN body has described the ancient city as a “unique testimony to one of the most influential empires of the ancient world.” After years of damaging interventions, Babylon will now gain protected status. Babylon (Iraq) – Situated 85 km...
Enormous, ‘Most Ancient’ Sumerian Port Discovered in Iraq
Archaeological excavations were conducted near the city of Nasiriyah, at a place called Abu-Tbeirah, which is located on the ancient shoreline of the Persian Gulf. The ancient harbor uncovered near Ur, homeland of Abraham, is the oldest port found...
Archaeological Findings -Ruins of Mitanni-Period Palace in Northern Iraq
The Middle East has been home to numerous civilizations over the course of its long and tumultuous history. While the region’s past is well-studied, one of these societies we know very little about—the so-called Mittani Empire, which stretched from...
Conference on UNESCO’s Flagship Initiative “Revive the Spirit of Mosul”
Mosul is the living symbol of Iraqi’s pluralistic identity. For centuries, it has been a crossroad of culture in the Middle East. From the Sumerian cities to Babylon, from the walls of Nineveh to the Silk Road, the region...