World Heritage Sites at Risk
Report from Iraq By Michael W. Albin This presentation is a follow-up to the paper presented at the 75th Jubilee of the DC-SLA. It’s divided into two parts. The first is a good news...
Iraqi Priest Rescues Ancient Manuscripts from IS Destruction
IRBIL, IRAQ— Father Najeeb Michael saved as many people as he could. Right before Islamic State stormed his village, he packed as many people as possible into his car and fled to Irbil in the dead of night. “It...
تافكة أحمد : (التغيير) طردتني لمواقفي الوطنية.. والأحزاب الكردية تحاصرني لايماني بوحدة العراق
تافكة أحمد : (التغيير) طردتني لمواقفي الوطنية.. والأحزاب الكردية تحاصرني لايماني بوحدة العراق بغداد – أحمد حسن الاثنين 18 نيسان 2016 عزت النائب الكردية تافكة أحمد قيام حركة التغيير (كوران) بطرها من الحركة الى وقوفها الى مواقفها الوطنية العراقية...
The Georgetown Dictionary of Iraqi Arabic
The Georgetown Dictionary of Iraqi Arabic:Arabic-English, English-Arabic by Mohamed Maamouri Washington, DC, 2013 Price: $79.95 In his review of this new work William Kopycki of the Library of Congress writes, “there is no doubt as to the usefulness of...
2016 Economy; Iraqi pipelines to transfer Iranian gas
Iran and Iraq signed an agreement with a total cost of 2.3 billion dollars to establish a pipeline to transfer the Iranian natural gas through the Iraqi territory to Europe. Two Iranian companies signed an agreement with Iraq to...
Save the Date- World Cultural Heritage Sites at Risk: Lecture Series II
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An Iraqi Legend has Died
On 31 March 2016 in a Miami hospital, Architect Dame Zaha Hadid dies after heart attack. Architect Dame Zaha Hadid, whose designed many of the century’s most famous and controversial structures, has died aged 65. Iraqi-born, this year she...