Stories
Iraqi Street, Stories, Women
ON THE FRONTLINES OF CLIMATE CHANGE: How Iraqi women are impacted most
By Mawj Iyad in Baghdad On the outskirts of Baghdad, the landscape is shifting in ways that are impossible to ignore. Soil once rich and fertile is turning salty. Water sources are drying up or becoming too polluted to use. Smoke from refineries, burn pits and trash fires hangs low over villages, forming a grey…
Opinion, Stories
MEMORIES OF THE OCCUPATION: Dreams that died without a shot fired
By Nagham Makki in Basra The radio once echoed through my late father's room, it's sound filling our home. He would grip it tightly, holding onto his link to the world, while I listened by the door, anxious. Back then, our house had become too small. The war [when the US invaded Iraq in late…
Iraqi Street, Society, Stories, Women
DANGER ON HOME FRONT: How the Iran war is increasing domestic violence in Iraq
By Murtada al-Hudoud in Dhi Qar It feels like a nightmare at home, says Um Mohammed, an Iraqi woman who lives in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah. Since the US and Israel attacked Iran, sparking a regional conflict, neighboring Iraq has been impacted by things like fuel shortages and rising prices. Locals are worried…
