Can Iraq get its water wheels on UNESCO World Heritage List?
ِAL-MONITOR BY: Adnan Abu Zeed Iraq has been working for the last three months to rehabilitate its historical norias in Hit, a city located...
Thematic Issues
Artists persevere in Iraq despite death threats
ِAL-MONITOR BY :Adnan Abu Zeed A recent open-air fashion show in Basra raised the ire of some clerics and Islamist groups. Afterward,...
Big Jump for Hasankeyf and Tigris River in 15 Countries
Statement by Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf and Mesopotamia Ecology Movement, 14 July 2019 Successful “Big Jump” actions for Hasankeyf and...
Harassment is a Key Issue for the Baghdad Council For Social Cohesion
On 23 June 2019 at the Baghdad Hotel Hall, the Baghdad Council for Social Cohesion held a dialogue session on...
Falluja Social Cohesion Council implements A Successful Session on Workers’ Challenges
The Falluja Social Cohesion Council held a workshop with the Economic and Social Rights masar (path) within the Iraqi Social...
A Message on Ilisu Dam From Iraqi Civil Society to the Turkish Government
Humat Dijlah Association (Tigris River Protectors) – the Iraqi partner for Save the Tigris Campaign – and a wide range...
Creating New Water Protectors and Activating Environmental Advocacy Movements
The Peace Forums in Anbar (Hit, Ramadi and Falluja), working within the framework of the Iraqi Social Forum and in...
The World Heritage Committee Should Step Up to Protect the Iraqi Marshes From Harm – A Report On the 2019 WHC Session in Baku
With the filling of the Ilisu Dam reservoir imminent, the annual session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee (WHC) in...
Rivers Are the World’s Heritage. Time to Treat Them as Such.
Commentary by Josh Klemm on 1 July 2019, This July represents a critical opportunity to protect rivers and the World...
UNESCO Should Address the Impacts of Upstream Dam Construction on the Ahwar of Iraq and Support Transboundary Water-Sharing Agreements
Press Statement by Save the Tigris Campaign The following resolution submitted by Save the Tigris Campaign was adopted by the...
The Fallujah Social Cohesion Council Discusses the Risks and Disaster Reduction Law
On 25 May 2019, the Fallujah Social Cohesion Council in cooperation with the Minorities and Displaced People masar (path) of...
Trevi return Mosul Dam to the Iraqi technicians, but this dam is effectively a construction project that never ends
By Elizabeth Ingram – Hydro ReviewContent Director Iraqi, U.S. and Italian officials have celebrated the completion of a project to shore up...