BAGHDAD — The Najaf Nationality Directorate, south of Baghdad, refused to grant a travel permit to civil activist and Iraqi citizen Intisar Alyawi al-Mayali July 5 because she appeared unveiled in the photo attached to her passport. This incident sparked outrage and highlighted once again the conflict between secularists and the conservative current typified by Islamist groups.
Read MoreIn the land where history was first written, the complete erasure of over 8,000 years of cultural heritage, record, ethnic pluralism, and memory is underway. Although sidelined by the exigencies of war, those losses will impact Iraq’s potential to rehabilitate post-conflict. They represent an abrogation of a collective heritage: the world’s first legal code, writing system, a
Read MorePeople shout slogans during a demonstration to show support for Iraqi PM Haider Al Abadi at Tahrir Square in Baghdad on August, 9. Ahmed Saad/Reuters It seems that the 12 years' crescendo of politicization, sectarianism and mismanagement has finally reached its climax. The mid boiling temperature of Iraq's sweltering summer and daily terrorist attacks did not stop the masses
Read MoreZarif's Comments on Iran's Deal at the Iraqi MoFA Press Conference The following is the English translation of statements made by the Iranian Foreign Minister Muhammad Jawad Zarif at the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs press conference with his Iraqi counterpart Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, in Baghdad on 27th July 2015. Many thanks to my dear brother the Foreign M
Read MoreAyser al-Khaffaf Mother, Wife and Partner of an Iraqi Freedom Fighter (1933-2002). By Yasar Hasan Download PDF The following are glimpses from the life of Ayser Shake Suleiman al-Khaffaf. Ayser al-Khafaff was born in the summer 1933. She was well known for her good looks and was chosen a beauty queen whilst in middle school. She completed her pre-university schooling in Ir
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