Iraqi Culture & Society

A view of the ziggurat of Dur-Kurigalzu, a city dating to 1400 B.C., northwest of Baghdad, in an image uploaded Aug. 21, 2016.  (photo by Facebook/مراقبية اثار عكركوف) BAGHDAD, Iraq – Every year on March 21, Iraqis gather around the ziggurat of Dur-Kurigalzu, the site of an ancient city dating to the 14th century B.C. that is located northwest of Baghdad, to celebrate Nowruz a

A view of the ziggurat of Dur-Kurigalzu, a city dating to 1400 B.C., northwest of Baghdad, in an image uploaded Aug. 21, 2016.  (photo by Facebook/مراقبية اثار عكركوف) BAGHDAD, Iraq – Every year on March 21, Iraqis gather around the ziggurat of Dur-Kurigalzu, the site of an ancient city dating to the 14th century B.C. that is located northwest of Baghdad, to celebrate Nowruz a

A view of the ziggurat of Dur-Kurigalzu, a city dating to 1400 B.C., northwest of Baghdad, in an image uploaded Aug. 21, 2016.  (photo by Facebook/مراقبية اثار عكركوف) BAGHDAD, Iraq – Every year on March 21, Iraqis gather around the ziggurat of Dur-Kurigalzu, the site of an ancient city dating to the 14th century B.C. that is located northwest of Baghdad, to celebrate Nowruz a

A view of the ziggurat of Dur-Kurigalzu, a city dating to 1400 B.C., northwest of Baghdad, in an image uploaded Aug. 21, 2016.  (photo by Facebook/مراقبية اثار عكركوف) BAGHDAD, Iraq – Every year on March 21, Iraqis gather around the ziggurat of Dur-Kurigalzu, the site of an ancient city dating to the 14th century B.C. that is located northwest of Baghdad, to celebrate Nowruz a

BAGHDAD — Miad Jubouri, an Iraqi mother of five who joined the ranks of the Iraqi forces battling the Islamic State (IS), has been participating in the battle as part of the Lions of the Tigris faction for the past two years. In a patriotic and conservative Iraqi society, Jubouri’s fight alongside the male-dominated Iraqi security forces has caught the attention of both the com