Since 2003, authorities began to strengthen their legislative arsenal with laws that protect their survival in a new form designed by the American occupation, which replaced the one-person and one-party...
Iraq is one of the most environmentally vulnerable and fragile countries in the world, ranking 129th out of 181 countries. This places the country at the heart of the violent...
If there were one “craft” learned by the women of Iraq over the decades, it would be the craft of making a life amidst harshness and adversary. Once more, they...
“The girl is a disgrace,” the man yelled out as he murdered his ten-year-old daughter, Zainab. The victim did not commit any "sin"; her father has killed her for no...
Informal settlements in Baghdad did not develop in one specific form. Some were built on plots of land without title deeds; 98% of which are state-owned and 2% are private...
According to the Iraqi Ministry of Planning, there are about 3,700 informal settlements across Iraq's various governorates, inhabited by an estimated 3 million people. Baghdad has the largest share of...
