Corona & Iraq
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IGNORANCE + EMPATHY: How to catch COVID-19 in a Nasiriyah taxi
As soon as I eased into the front seat of the taxi and asked to be taken to work, the…
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THE PANDEMIC IN ANBAR: Rules broken und restrictions bungled
The province of Anbar only started to see the first cases of the Covid-19 virus later on in Iraq’s pandemic.…
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BREATH OF FRESH AIR: In Dhi Qar, young volunteers deliver oxygen to quarantined neighbours
Five young Iraqis are volunteering to deliver oxygen cylinders to local clinics and to Covid-19 patients quarantining at home. By…
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STORIES FROM QUARANTINE: Three infected Iraqis who decided to stay home, rather than risk hospital, tell their tales.
In Iraq, many locals don’t trust the local medical establishment. In the province of Dhi Qar, for example, there was…
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WHAT DOES THE UNCERTAIN FUTURE HOLD? More and more Iraqis are using online fortune-telling services to find out
Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, there’s been a big increase in the number of Iraqis seeking solace from online fortune…
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