Investigative Reports
The Demographic Trap Renewed: Identity Politics and the Failure of
Fakherddin Salih, a Kurd who returned to Kirkuk after 2003, is one of hundreds of Kurdish families threatened with eviction from their homes. For nearly a year, Salih and others guarded their homes, fearing forced displacement by the Iraqi army, pressured by "influential Arabs" seeking to reclaim residential and agricultural lands that the Ba'ath regime had granted them after seizing them from their original Kurdish and Turkmen owners. This is a deep-rooted and recurrent conflict over property, fueled by partisan interests and constantly shifting administrative and security power dynamics in the oil-rich province, which is home to a mix of…
Peace Talks Begin, But the Doors Remain Shut: Displaced Kurds
On July 3, 2024, Dawood Youkhanna (72 years old), along with his family and other residents of the village of Miska in the Amedi district (70 km northeast of Duhok), fled their homes and abandoned their farms—their main source of income—after their village turned into a battlefield between PKK fighters and Turkish forces deployed in the surrounding area. The fighting caused fires that destroyed farmland and damaged many homes. “It’s been almost a year since we left. We’ve endured harsh conditions and still live with the hope of returning,” Dawood says in a low voice, expressing his hope that the…
Redrawing Nineveh: Are Minority Needs Being Servedor Manipulated?”
As soon as Nineveh was fully liberated from ISIS in the summer of 2017, political movements started to emerge, particularly around the time of each election, regarding its administrative future. Representatives of minorities—including Turkmen, Christians, Shabaks, and Yazidis—repeatedly announced their desire to transform their areas (Tel Afar, Sinjar, and the Nineveh Plain) into separate provinces. These aspirations turned into formal efforts by political parties and forces, especially after the Iraqi Parliament voted on April 14, 2025, to approve the creation of Halabja Province—making it the fourth province in the Kurdistan Region and the 19th in Iraq. Minority Areas Nineveh spans…
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Female genital mutilation in Kurdistan Painful stories in search for
This report won Seymour Hersh Prize as the best investigative report in the Arab World for the year 2010. It also won the First Prize of universal Lorenzo Natali journalism competition. The report is written by Dlovan Berwari, member of NIRIJ net and supervised by Muhamad Al- Rubaiee general supervisor…
Female genital mutilation in Kurdistan Painful stories in search for
This report won Seymour Hersh Prize as the best investigative report in the Arab World for the year 2010. It also won the First Prize of universal Lorenzo Natali journalism competition. The report is written by Dlovan Berwari, member of NIRIJ net and supervised by Muhamad Al- Rubaiee general supervisor…
Children Indulging in Iraqi Violence to the Level of Suicide
This investigative report won the second prize of Seymour Hersh Prize for best investigative reports in the Arab World for the year 2010. It was accomplished by Mayada Dawod (Milad Al-Juburi ) and supervised by NIRIJ net’s general supervisor Muhamad Al-Rubaiee, for the benefit of “broadcasters for an investigative Arabic…
Investigative journalism gains ground in Iraq
05 Jan. 2013 In post-war Iraq, the need for quality investigative journalism is immense. Despite adverse conditions, reporters trained by an IMS-supported network for investigative journalists, continue to make headway By Andreas Reventlow “Of course we risk a lot during our work, but this is just part of our…
