OPENING OF BASRA MUSEUM
Posted by Iraqi Thoughts The official opening of the Basra Museum on the 19th of March 2019, is the culmination of over a decade of planning and hard work and is a prime example of the success of local efforts and...
How to Get Your Laundry Done in Ancient Mesopotamia
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How to Get Your Laundry Done in Ancient Mesopotamia
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Turkey names ‘water czar’ to ease disputes with Iraq
Fehim Tastekin January 23, 2019 Turkey has launched an effort to help resolve the water problem of neighboring Iraq amid bilateral tensions over decreasing flow rates in the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, whose waters the two countries share. President Recep...
Iraq’s archaeological sites face looting, urbanisation threats
Iraqi archaeologist Lamia al-Gailani said more than one-third of the site of the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh has been covered with houses. LONDON – Anarchic development and looting in war-torn Iraq are the greatest threats to its treasure...
Aliph, the global fund to protect cultural heritage, announces its first projects in Iraq and Mali
Launched in 2016, Aliph will finance restoration work with technical support from the Louvre and Smithsonian Institution 16th January 2019 10:36 GM Aliph, a Geneva-based global fund to protect cultural heritage in war zones, spearheaded by France and the...
كمال السامرائي…عشرون عاما على الرحيل
السيرة والانجازات http://www.almadasupplements.com/pdf/01-4347/21.pdf
هل يكون العهد الجديد عهد الثقافة والمثقفين؟
عبدالجبار جعفر تاريخ النشر: الخميس 10 كانون الثاني 2019 https://al-aalem.com/article/
State Department awards Penn $2 million to preserve cultural heritage in northern Iraq
The two-phase, three-year project aims to revitalize the city and its culture. When ISIS terrorists in northern Iraq destroyed cultural heritage sites in and around Mosul, they frequently targeted minority groups including Christians, Yazidis, Shia, Kurds, and other groups...
IRAQI CHRISTIANS CELEBRATE HOPEFUL CHRISTMAS AFTER DEFEAT OF ISIS
Across the region, Christmas appeared to come and go without the terrorism of previous years. BY SETH J. FRANTZMAN DECEMBER 25, 2018 Christians filled churches in the city of Qaraqosh, southeast of Mosul, on Christmas eve to celebrate the holiday...
Voices for Iraq foresees a New Era of Culture in Iraq
Voices for Iraq foresees a New Era of Culture in Iraq VFI-December 19,2018 On December 18, 2018, leading archeologist Abdelamir al-Hamdani was confirmed as Iraq’s Minister of Culture. Voices for Iraq congratulates the Iraqi Parliament for its good judgment...
VFI Congratulates Dr. Abdulameer Hamdani on his new position as Iraq’s new Minister of Culture
On this occasion, all team members of Voices for Iraq would like to extend the warmest congratulations to Abdelamir. His qualifications and dedication for the culture and heritage make him the right person for the right job. VFI has...
The Conflict Research Programme–Iraq’s research trip to Baghdad and Ramadi, December 2018
by Toby Dodge Ali Al-Mawlawi, Mudher Salih, Ramon Blecua and Christine van den Toorn at Al-Bayan Center, Baghdad. At the start of December 2018, the Conflict Research Programme–Iraq carried out an extended research trip to Baghdad and Ramadi. Toby Dodge...
وقائع مؤتمر البيان السنوي الثاني
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0GWcVI6m_I&feature=youtu.be
NEW PROJECTS ANNOUNCED TO PROTECT CULTURAL HERITAGE OVERSEAS
https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/archiveofnews/2018/august/headline_603811_en.html
Iraq’s Mosul celebrates cultural comeback
https://amp.dw.com/en/iraqs-mosul-celebrates-cultural-comeback/a-45392290
اذا العـراق يومــا اراد الحيــاة، فلابــد للحكومــة أن تستثمـر في البشــر
اذا العـراق يومــا اراد الحيــاة، فلابــد للحكومــة أن تستثمـر في البشــر وضعت أسس “الاقتصاد الكلاسيكي” على يد العالم الاسكتلندي ادم سميث في العام 1776 من خلال كتابة الشهير “ثروة الأمم”. حيث قام سميث في هذا الكتاب بتأطير أربعة أنواع...
رسالة مفتوحة الى السيد رئيس مجلس الوزراء
رسالة مفتوحة الى السيد رئيس مجلس الوزراء د.حيدر العبادي المحترم .. تحياتي .. استمع العراقيون الى حديثكم مع وزراء ورؤساء الاجهزة الامنية والاستخبارية في لقائكم بهم يوم الاحد المنصرم 15 تموز والذي بثته عدد من الفضائيات. 1- لقد انصفتم...
The Iraqi stadium boom
The Iraqi stadium boom While it is not uncommon for shiny new stadiums to get built in places where you would not expect them, there is something even more special going on in Iraq right now: an actual stadium...
A Letter From Mosul
A Letter From Mosul by Angelina Jolie, Guest Writer 06/19/2018 02:00 am ET Updated Jun 19, 2018 The largest and longest urban battle fought anywhere in the world since World War II was waged to retake Mosul from ISIS. Liberty came at...
Iraq is may be coming to the end of a 40-year period of foreign and civil wars.
Iraq isn’t as dangerous as it was – but many still live in fear One man I met was wearing a blue T-shirt with the slogan ‘I Choose Leave’ printed on the front. It must have been intended for the...
Determination of Heavy Metals in Freshwater Fishes of the Tigris River in Baghdad
Determination of Heavy Metals in Freshwater Fishes of the Tigris River in Baghdad Montazer Mensoor 1,* and Ali Said 2 1 International Center for Training, Research & Development, Baghdad 10069, Iraq 2 Department of Pharmacy, Al-Yarmouk University College, Baghdad 10069, Iraq Abstract:...
تاريخ العراق ومجتمعه ّ بين حنا بطاطو وعلي الوردي History of Iraq and its Society: Between Hanna Batatu and Ali al-Wardi
تاريخ العراق ومجتمعه ّ بين حنا بطاطو وعلي الوردي History of Iraq and its Society: Between Hanna Batatu and Ali al-Wardi دينا رزق خوري | Khoury Rizk Dina
Two Caliphates Fall: Mosul Survives
Two Caliphates Fall: Mosul Survives Mosul’s Great Mosque of al-Nuri was in ruins when the city was retaken from jihadists in June 2017 (Photo: Wikimedia Commons). “We are Ottomans.” My grandmother said this in 1996. She came from...
Where the books weren’t burned: Baghdad’s ancient library Baghdad’s libraries were looted and burned in the chaos of 2003, but one of its libraries escaped this fate and a historic collection survived
Where the books weren’t burned: Baghdad’s ancient library Baghdad’s libraries were looted and burned in the chaos of 2003, but one of its libraries escaped this fate and a historic collection survived The al-Qadiriyya library holds historic copies of...
Education is the key to combating fundamentalism
Free speech, religious tolerance, an understanding of the dignity of others, the liberty of the individual, the freedom to make the most of one’s talents, and respect for the institutions of our democracy are what make Britain great The...
All Things Assyrian
All Things Assyrian Ancient Assyria in Color By Tom Porter http://community.bowdoin.edu Posted 2018-03-09 18:15 GMT With a flick of a switch, the lights on the projector came on accompanied by a sharp intake of breath from the assembled...
Hobby Lobby agreed to forfeit thousands of Iraqi artifacts
(CNN)Hobby Lobby agreed to forfeit thousands of artifacts from modern-day Iraq and pay a $3 million fine to resolve a civil action the Justice Department brought against the company, according to court documents. By Chris Boyette, CNN Updated 5:43 AM...
مأزق جامعاتنا
شناشيل مأزق جامعاتنا عدنان حسين [email protected] احتفت جامعتا بغداد والكوفة بإدراجهما ضمن قائمة أفضل 900 جامعة على مستوى العالم في التصنيف الدولي للجامعات “QS”. و”QS” تصنيف للجامعات تنشره في تقرير سنوي الشركة البريطانية (كواكاريلي سيموندس) “Quacquarelli Symondos”، وتُصنّف فيه...
A Legacy in Ruins Print What now for Iraq’s Mosul Museum, recently liberated from ISIS?
A Legacy in Ruins Print What now for Iraq’s Mosul Museum, recently liberated from ISIS? Assessing the damage to the Mosul Museum after it was retaken this spring. In this room in 2015, ISIS fighters smashed artifacts with sledgehammers....
How Mosul’s last librarian is preparing for when his city is free from Isis
How Mosul’s last librarian is preparing for when his city is free from Isis Exclusive: When Isis first took Mosul, it committed what Unesco called ‘one of the most devastating acts of destruction of library collections in...
Without urgent investment in education, Iraq’s future generations risk being left behind
Without urgent investment in education, Iraq’s future generations risk being left behind REPORT from UN Children’s Fund Published on 21 May 2017 BAGHDAD 21 May, 2017 – The future of Iraq, its economic security and prosperity depends on...
Previously untouched 600BC palace discovered under shrine demolished by Isil in Mosul
Previously untouched 600BC palace discovered under shrine demolished by Isil in Mosul 13 Comments An Assyrian stone sculpture of a demi-goddess, depicted sprinkling the “water of life” to protect humans in her care CREDIT: JÉRÉMY ANDRÉ Josie Ensor,...
Training Young Iraqi Archaeologists
Introducing new approaches in archaeology: Project for training young archaeologists and university students in Iraq Iraq-Dhiqar province Report on the training program of introducing modern techniques and methods in conducting archaeological field work to a group of 15 trainees...
مكافحة الفساد تحتاج لستراتيجية لا إجراءً أحاديا
مكافحة الفساد تحتاج لستراتيجية لا إجراءً أحاديا عبدالجبار جعفر الاثنين 17 نيسان 2017 لا يختلف اثنان على ان نظام المحاصصة الطائفية الذي تبنته الاحزاب السياسية التي حكمت العراق بعد سقوط النظام الديكتاتوري في 2003 كان وراء حالة التردي والوهن...