Reports and stories
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THE POPE IN IRAQ: Religious leader’s visit plays part in long-standing Shia religious rivalry
On Friday, March 5, 2021, Pope Francis, the world’s leader of the Catholic Church, is planning to start his historic…
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FRONTLINE AND FEMALE: Fighting to face the Islamic State group
Female reporters in the northern autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan are just as enthusiastic about conflict reporting as their male…
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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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IRAQ’S YEAR IN REVIEW: 2020 was bad, 2021 might be worse
Most agree Iraqis that 2020 has been a terrible year for the country, up there among the worst. The year…
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FIVE YEARS AFTER VICTORY OVER EXTREMISTS: And the Yazidi of Sinjar would rather stay in camps than return home.
It has been just about five years since the northern Iraqi city of Sinjar was liberated from the extremist group…
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AN HONOURABLE TRADE: Why Basra’s struggling shoemakers won’t give up on the local leatherwares.
In the middle of Basra’s old market, there is a shop so small that hardly anything fits inside: an old…
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THE NEW ‘GERTRUDE BELL’: It’s been years since a diplomat attracted so many headlines in Iraq
The current head of the United Nations mission to Iraq is causing debate among ordinary Iraqis, partially because she is…
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BASRA’S BEST SHRIMP SELLER: A day with the shrewd Basra grandma who outsells all the others
Um Adel is one of the best known shrimp sellers in Basra’s fish markets. She sits under a tin roof…
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VISITING THE SAD TREE MAN OF MAYSAN: A rare skin condition keeps him helpless and hiding indoors.
Since he was 14 years old, Rasul Hashem has suffered from a rare disorder that is known as the “tree…
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