Iraq’s Prime Minister-designate Adel Abdul Mahdi has launched a website to allow Iraqis to apply for ministerial positions in his new cabinet. In a statement on his personal Facebook account, Mr Abdul Mahdi invited “those with expertise, specialisation and...
BAGHDAD (AP) — Masked gunmen shot dead a human rights activist and mother of four outside a supermarket in Basra on Tuesday, a brazen afternoon assassination that threatens to worsen tensions in the southern city wracked by violent protests....
To those who care about and keen to help develop and promote education in Iraq! Education is one of the Voices for Iraq (VFI) main concerns, as it is the key to the developing the next generations of truly...
Iraq protests: Demonstrators blame ‘bad government, bad roads, bad weather, bad people’ Iraq after Isis: In the fifth part of his latest series, Patrick Cockburn finds Iraqis are losing patience with endemic corruption “The people want an end to the...
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 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...
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
Views from the Region May 16, 2018 Parliamentary elections in Iraq have resulted in a surprisingly strong showing for the Marching Towards Reform bloc, an alliance between Shia Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and secular nationalist groups, which pushed the...
اشعار من تراث الحضارة السومرية الدكتور عبد الامير الحمداني أين أذهب القصيدة تصوّر إينانا وهي تخاطب الإله إنليل بمرارة في معبده في مدينة نيبور قُل لي أين بيتي أنا، المرأة التي تجوب الأرض، قُلْ لي أين بيتي قُلْ لي،...
Muslim youth volunteers help repair Catholic monastery A group of young Muslim volunteers helped clean and fix the Catholic monastery of St. George in Mosul, Iraq, as a sign that this city is also for Christians. In a post...
Iraq after the May 2018 Elections: Building Democracy or Becoming an Iranian Satellite? Who will win the elections for Iraq’s Council of Deputies (national parliament) on May 12th? Will the current prime minister, Haydar al-Abadi, be returned to office for...
On Sunday, Haider al-Abadi, the prime minister of Iraq, visited Mosul to herald the success of his army’s nine-month struggle to recapture the city from the Islamic State. In a speech on state television the next day, he declared “the end and...
After years of economic neglect, poverty for the common man and turmoil in the region, Iraq has finally reached a state of constant economic growth under democratic leadership in the aftermath of the US invasion in 2003 and the...
Tell Khaiber 2016 The 2016 report of the Ur Region Archaeology Project is now available for download. We are grateful to all our current donors and supporters, particularly Baron Lorne Thyssen-Bornemisza at The Augustus Foundation, Kirintec, British Institute for...
At the ancient site of Charax Spasinou, military activity has left an indelible mark. Should it be viewed as modern damage – or as an important record of historical events? Modern conflict archaeology, the study of 20th and 21st...
With the trials and horrors of sanctions and war retreating into the past, Iraqi artists are looking for their muse and markets as they seek to rebuild a creative culture. NOVEMBER 28, 2017 BAGHDAD—The young Iraqi painter can’t help herself:...
BAGHDAD — With its shelves filled with books by Russian and Italian authors alongside contemporary Iraqi writers, Books Town provides a welcome refuge in Baqubeh in Diyala governorate, which is known for sectarian violence and the Islamic State (IS)....
A campaign to restore the holdings of the library of the University of Mosul has received an enthusiastic response since it began three months ago. Professors, students and private donors inside and outside Iraq are contributing books and other...
Ten Iraqi universities closed their doors as the Islamic State seized swaths of northwestern Iraq three years ago. Their campuses became battlefields. Bombs and mortar shells destroyed many of their buildings. But as the Iraqi-led coalition now reclaims territory...
Iraqi authorities announced last month that UNESCO has started the first stage of the restoration of the ancient city of Nimrud, which is located on the banks of the Tigris River, about 20 miles south of Mosul. The city was liberated from the...
Iraq eager to get back antiquities smuggled to US BAGHDAD — Iraq is working to recover the thousands of ancient artifacts illegally imported into the United States by Oklahoma City-based arts-and-crafts retailer Hobby Lobby. “Iraqi and US officials are in constant contact, and the smuggled artifacts...
Iraq gas pipeline comes with major environmental costs BAGHDAD — On July 21, farmers complained about a gas pipeline dredging their farmlands. The pipeline carries gas from Iran to Baghdad through Bismayah, which is located in southeast Baghdad. Meanwhile, reports on May 22...
Iraq’s democracy shows resiliency Joseph Pennington State Department’s deputy assistant secretary for Iraq USA TODAY US Edition 18 Jul 2017 The Iraqi victory over the Islamic State in Mosul is something that both Iraqis and Americans can celebrate. Iraqis...
Hobby Lobby is agreeing to hand over more than 5,000 ancient Iraqi artifacts that were allegedly smuggled, in a settlement announced Wednesday by the Justice Department. In 2010, Hobby Lobby’s president personally cut a deal to purchase “over 5,500...
(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...
In the Marshlands,‘Another Face of Iraq’ After 18 months covering the battle against Islamic State fighters in northern Iraq, Emilienne Malfatto felt compelled to show a less-violent side of the war-torn nation. And she found one in Chibayish,...
By Bushra Shakhshir | ERBIL, IRAQ https://cdscdn.reuters.com/r04/6/6/5/0/05521/u-8001-mp4-h264-640x360-25-300-1200000-aac-1-44100-96000.mp4 (Reuters) – As Iraqi forces fight to retake the northern city of Mosul from ISIS, an artist in nearby Erbil is chiseling at clay in a tiny, unheated...
Iraq is assessing the rehabilitation needs of the ancient city of Hatra, near Mosul in the country’s north, after retaking it from the Islamic State (IS) on April 26. The jihadist group had occupied the site since 2014 and...
أدباء وناشطو ذي قار يحتجون ضد قانون “حرية التعبير” ذي قار / حسين العامل : تظاهر المئات من الأدباء والناشطين المدنيين بمحافظة ذي قار، الاحد، احتجاجاً على طرح مشروع قانون حرية التعبير بمجلس النواب، معتبرين القانون تقييداً للحريات...
بعثة اميركية تتوصل لاكتشافات حديثة في مدينة أور الأثرية ذي قار / حسين العامل ثة التنقيبية الأميركية المشتركة العاملة في مدينة أور الأثرية جنوب غربي الناصرية، أمس الاثنين، اختتام موسمها التنقيبي الثاني في الجزء الشرقي...
The Christian-Muslim Symbiosis of Mosul Amir Harrak | Professor of Middle Eastern Society, University of Toronto Christianity in Mosul dates to the time of the Apostles. Initially, the faith was centered on the side of the Tigris opposite present...
2016 Report; “They came to destroy -ISIS against Yazidis ISIS has committed the crime of genocide as well as multiple crimes against humanity and war crimes against the Yazidis, thousands of whom are held captive in the Syrian Arab...
The World Bank announced the allocation of 250 million dollars to restore the basic infrastructure in the liberated areas in Iraq, while pointed out to the need for intensified efforts to fight ISIS. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and...
Christians celebrate Easter in Iraq Christians celebrate Easter in Iraq as they have done every year, in spite of the 2003 war. While there may be no peace and the security situation deteriorates, hundreds of thousands of Christians continue...
In this critical time, Voices for Iraq would like to extend to the families of the victims, in Belgium, our heartfelt condolences. VFI also, would like to call on all the countries that have been hardest hit by terrorist attacks...
Report by www.theguardian.com Museum’s £3m government grant will equip future trainees in conservation and restoration of destroyed heritage sites in Iraq. The British Museum is to establish a pilot program with heritage professionals in Iraq to train local museum curators,...
Tuesday October 27th, World Day for Audiovisual Archives, the 8 presidents from the AACCC associations collectively sign the “New Declaration” At the World Day for Audiovisual Archives, focusing on the theme “Archives at Risk – Protecting the World’s Identities”,...
Noted from a United Nations’ dispatch today “Many Iraqis come from Baghdad, which remains under government control, and many left Mosul before and after its fall to ISIS and crossed on foot to Turkey.” LESVOS, 13 October 2015 (IRIN)...
