Reports and stories
-
CONFRONTING HER COMMUNITY WITH DRAMA: A young playwright puts her work on the street
By Murtada al-Hudud in Dhi Qar In a garden in Nasiriya, Sumaya al-Barak carefully inspects the scenery in her first…
Read More » -
COMBATTING PREJUDICE AGAINST DISABLED IRAQIS: The Diwaniya educator giving voice to the voiceless
By Manar al-Zubaidi in Diwaniya Heba Mohammad al-Shabani, 41, holds a bachelor’s degree in education and has had many job…
Read More » -
IRAQ’s WORKING WOMEN: Successful self-employment, despite conservative society
By Murtadha al-Hudud in Dhi Qar Bayareq stands in the middle of her busy kitchen, a rolling pin in her…
Read More » -
THE SECRETS OF JADRIYA BRIDGE: One of Baghdad’s busiest throughfares has many stories to tell
By Fatima Karim in Baghdad Sometimes when the winter sun rises over the banks of the Tigris River, Baghdad looks…
Read More » -
BAGHDAD’S ENDANGERED STATUES: Vital messages on culture and Iraqi identity soon lost forever?
By Mustafa Jamal Murad in Baghdad When walking around the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, there are plenty of monuments and statues…
Read More » -
AMONG HIS PEOPLE: Why the ‘father of Iraqi sociology’ is buried on a busy Baghdad street
By Mustafa Jamal Murad in Baghdad Usually graves are located in cemeteries, those special oases of calm, far from the…
Read More » -
BAGHDAD’S OLDEST CHEESE STORE: Surviving snipers, recession and importers
By Mustafa Jamal Murad in Baghdad Down a narrow alley in the middle of one of Baghdad’s busiest markets, Sadriyah,…
Read More » -
GRAND DESIGNS ON HOME DELIVERY: Basra’s improved security makes big business plans possible for local women
By Nagham Makki in Basra Farahidi Street in central Basra is busy with passers-by and traffic. That doesn’t seem to…
Read More » -
FEMALE STREETFOOD VENDOR: ‘Chickpeas made me an independent woman’
By Mustafa Jamal Murad, in Baghdad. Early every morning, locals using the Al Nahda bus terminal in the center of…
Read More » -
The fall of Baghdad, and a friendship forged
Iraqi journalist Kholoud al-Amiri had only just arrived in Baghdad to start a new job when US forces invaded. …
Read More »