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HOPEFUL PROSPECTS: Iraq registers new protest parties for upcoming elections – but do they have a chance?
The planned parliamentary elections are considered the most important and potentially most dangerous in Iraq since 2003. This is because…
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MEETING DOHUK’S TALLEST POLICEMAN: ‘Sometimes I feel like I’m an odd creature’
When he was young, he didn’t even realise how tall he was, says Araz Ibrahim Mohammed Ali, whose claim to…
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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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Iraq recorded an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in August, and a decrease in death rate
Baghdad – Al Menasa Infographic Design by Ayoub Hassan In August 2020, Iraq recorded the highest number of Coronavirus cases…
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WHEN LOCKDOWN BOREDOM LEADS TO NEW INVENTIONS: Iraqi musician makes a solar-powered camera
In his small store in Baghdad Street, central Nasiriyah, Haider al-Fatlawi is busy trying to make a surveillance camera out…
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THEY SAID HE WAS NUTS: But this young Iraqi Kurdish sculptor built his chestnut-shaped house anyway.
What did you do during lockdown? Iraqi Kurdish sculptor Zerevan Salih was busy building his dream house – shaped like…
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IRAQIS DON’T TRUST THEIR GOVERNMENT: So why should they believe politicians about Covid-19?
Despite close to 100,000 infections and almost 4,000 deaths, there are still Iraqis who don’t believe the virus exists. By…
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THE LAST LEPER IN IRAQ: After years living with his fellow patients, Iraq’s last leprosy patient is now left alone with his memories.
He may well be the last leper alive in Iraq. Ghazai Nasser-Dhahi doesn’t know exactly how old he is –…
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THE YOUNGEST PAINTER IN DHI QAR: A talented local 10-year-old has created more paintings and exhibited more times than most adult artists.
At kindergarten, his first paintings were scenes from nature. A river, the sun, birds. But that is where the similarity…
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HAIRY TALES: The Fares Family of Zakho Spends All Their Time and Money on Their Menfolk’s Tresses
The Fares brothers of Zakho, in Dohuk, are teased a lot. And it’s always about their hair. By Saja Shirzad…
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