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Marginalization policies and lack of justice… The Yezidis of Sheikhan
After spending nearly four decades in Sheikhan, Hadi Dubbani (57 years old) left the country with his family, leaving the Yezidi town located north of Mosul to settle in Germany, as did dozens of his relatives. He says in a choked voice: "ISIS destroyed everything for us, it turned our lives upside down. I even left the land I never imagined I would leave. Many things pushed us to this decision: security, fear for the future, discrimination, and the absence of justice." Dubbani, who held the position of director of the Yezidi Endowment in Duhok Governorate in the Kurdistan Region…
Ten years after the ISIS attack… Why do the Yazidis
Ten years have passed since the genocide of the Yazidis by ISIS, hundreds of conferences have been held and thousands of articles have been written, but societal ignorance of the Yazidi religion and misinformation about its adherents are still widespread, which provokes hostile attitudes towards them and rejection of their rituals, which in turn creates hate speech that represents a source of danger to peaceful coexistence in Iraq. The accusation of “devil worship” and the claim of following the Umayyad Caliph Yazid bin Muawiyah is part of the false information that is spreading about the Yazidi religion in Iraqi society.…
Power struggle in Thi Qar met with reform protests
Protests erupt in Thi Qar over unemployment, corruption, and poor services.
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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…
The Educational Gap Deepens in Iraq… COVID-19 Exacerbates Disparities and
Girls Bear the Brunt of Truancy and Educational Deprivation In the autumn of 2018, Aya Salem, a six-year-old who embarked on her inaugural educational journey, achieved noteworthy milestones within four months of her initiation into formal education. During this period, she proficiently mastered the ability to write her name, her…
“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…
“Pleasure Marriage:” Thinly Veiled Legal Prostitution
This investigation reveals how Iraqi clerics continue to support Nikah Mut’ah (pleasure marriage), although the temporary legal arrangement is widely misused as a vehicle for sexual exploitation and prostitution. nirij March 2023: “I had no alternative but to arrange a temporary marriage to support my children”, says “Fatima,” a young…
One Third of Marriages End in Divorce or Separation
Fadia Abd Al-Hamid Al-Tai/ june 2022 “Suddenly, there was a newfound openness. People entered the era of the Internet, satellite channels and smartphones. Iraqi women began looking at the experiences of women in other parts of the world and tried to construct a new modern image for themselves. But this…
“We are human too”.. Ostracized families in the informal settlements
Nawzat Shamdeen – Iraqi journalist – translated by Walaa Rayya 09.01At 4 am every day, dozens of young men and children gather at a garbage collection center near the Al-Obour district in western Mosul, the center of Nineveh Province (405 km north of Baghdad), waiting for garbage trucks coming from…
“Early marriage” or “spinsterhood”: two growing phenomena under social constraints
Hanan Salem / Baghdad / August 2022 Despite being in her 30s, Fatima Hassan is still affected by the story of her older aunt who was married at only 12 years old. Specifically, she is affected by her aunt’s confusion about whether to bring her favorite doll with her to…
“7 million pieces of weapons and hundreds of victims… weapons
The power of clans grows in the absence of the state and the presence of millions of uncontrolled weapons.
