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Iraqis turn to real estate amid banking trust issues
Iraqi investors flock to real estate amid banking sector distrust, prioritizing land and property for financial security amidst militia influence.
Iraq’s AIDS infections surpass 2000; actual numbers likely higher
Iraq faces challenges with HIV/AIDS, including transmission, secrecy, treatment struggles, and stigma. There’s a need for increased awareness and screenings. Nabras Aziz’s story highlights the impact on families and stresses early detection and prevention.
Shiite majority in Sunni-dominated Nineveh
The December 2023 Nineveh Provincial Council elections saw Shiite dominance for the first time, impacting governance and reconstruction efforts post-ISIS. The Council faces power struggles, and criticisms over representation.
Two decades of “the Sunni Issue” in Iraq… Have the
On the morning of April 9, 2003, the Sunni Arabs in Iraq woke up to a reality they had not played a role in shaping for the first time in their modern history. The scene of American tanks parading through the streets of Baghdad marked the closure of a significant…
Tripartite Budget in Iraq: Roadmaps to the Brink of Bankruptcy
The government of Mohammed Shi’a Al-Sudani shares numerous similarities with that of Nouri al-Maliki. Both governments have a tendency to overspend, which has pushed the former to the verge of bankruptcy. It seems that the Al-Sudani government is following a similar path, taking broad steps, this time accompanied by a…
20 Years After the Regime’s Fall, Shiites: The Crisis of
It can be said that the scene of the American invasion of Iraq in 2003 was followed by numerous, stormy, and unsettling changes that manifested in various forms. They affected Iraq, specifically the Shiite scene, which we will discuss in this article. Before 2003, Shiites did not have access to…
Government neglect, construction chaos, housing crisis change Baghdad’s urban features
Government neglect and lack of planning changed Baghdad’s urban features leading to a loss of identity in the cradle of civilization’s capital. Mohammad Waleed, 31, was forced to make fundamental changes in the family home located in the al-Atifiyah neighborhood in the center of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. He is…
“Dead Land”: Nine Years on the Yazidi Genocide and the
Yazidis Scattered Between Missing, Displaced, and Migrants Searching for a Homeland Beside a small tent set up on the ruins of his destroyed mud house in the al-Qahtaniyah district, south of Sinjar (125 km northwest of Mosul), 72-year-old Khalaf sits for hours every day, gazing at the scattered remnants of…
The plight of minorities in Iraq: violence, discrimination, and the
Some minorities are unrecognized, while others bear arms or resort to Taqiya (a precautionary dissimulation or denial of religious belief and practice) to ensure their security