Climate
Climate, Opinion
MOURNING THE SHADOWS: A writer’s lament for the lost trees of a burning city
By Nagham Makki in Basra // I walk along the Shatt al‑Arab corniche to clear my mind and to take a few photos for one of the reports I’m working on. I search for a corner that might shield me from the unbearable summer sun but all I find are scattered palm trees planted along…
Climate, Iraqi Street
‘WE CAN’T BREATHE’: How the Iran war is poisoning Iraqi Kurdistan’s air
By Bwar Qadir in Sulaymaniyah // In one of the quiet alleys of the Bakhtiari neighborhood in the Iraqi Kurdish city of Sulaymaniyah, Rankin Mahmoud, 61, complains that she must once again deal with thick black smoke and polluted air. The pollution is due to the many large diesel-powered generators that provide electricity to private…
Climate, Iraqi Street
A LIFE DEVOTED TO DANGER: The Kurdish humanitarian they call the ‘minesweeper’
By Salam Hanadni in Halabja // In the countryside that stretches between Halabja, Hawraman and Penjwen in the semi-autonomous northern region of Iraqi Kurdistan, danger lies under the soil. Decades after the end of the Iran-Iraq war, landsmines and unexploded armaments continue to threaten ordinary people there. Hoshyar Ali Biaweli, who's known around the region…
Climate, Iraqi Street
IRAQ’S ‘LIVING WATER’ IS DYING: How climate change threatens Mandaean religious rituals
By Nagham Makki in Basra // On a quiet morning along the banks of the Shatt al-Arab, beneath a bridge, Mazen al-Naif, the spiritual leader of the Mandaean religious community in the southern province of Basra, steps into the water wearing the traditional white garments of his faith. The “rasta” robe clings to the 55-year-old’s…
