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Iraq Seeks To Issue Identification Papers For Children Born Under Daesh Rule

Iraq Seeks To Issue Identification Papers For Children Born Under Daesh Rule

Al-MONITOR By: Mustafa Saadoun July 9, 2019 More than two years have passed since Iraq was liberated from the Islamic State...

  • Civil Society News
The National Union of Journalists Calls for an End to Impunity and Arbitrary Dismissals

The National Union of Journalists Calls for an End to Impunity and Arbitrary Dismissals

Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative – ICSSI 11 July 2019 The National Union of Journalists, an independent Iraqi trade union...

  • Civil Society News
Will It Be Another Summer of Discontent in Iraq?

Will It Be Another Summer of Discontent in Iraq?

WPR By: Renad Mansour Thursday, July 18, 2019 Over the past few summers, as scorching heat meets a growing dissatisfaction with...

  • Civil Society News
Using Art to Build Peace and Stand Up to Violence

Using Art to Build Peace and Stand Up to Violence

From 28-29 June, the Arts of Peace Team from the Iraqi Social Forum’s nonviolence masar (path) organized a workshop entitled...

  • Arts of Peace
Najaf Forum Campaign To Confront The Rhetoric Of Extremism

Najaf Forum Campaign To Confront The Rhetoric Of Extremism

In cooperation with the Najaf Social Forum and the campaign launched by the Forum “Countering the Speeches of Extremism” at...

  • Social Forums in Iraq
Can Iraq get its water wheels on UNESCO World Heritage List?

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...

  • Heritage
Artists persevere in Iraq despite death threats

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,...

  • Arts of Peace
Big Jump for Hasankeyf and Tigris River in 15 Countries

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...

  • Environment
Harassment is a Key Issue for the Baghdad Council For Social Cohesion

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...

  • Anti-Harassment
Falluja Social Cohesion Council implements A Successful Session on Workers’ Challenges

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...

  • Local Forums
Iraqi PM Issues Decree Curbing Powers of Iran-Allied Militias

Iraqi PM Issues Decree Curbing Powers of Iran-Allied Militias

Prepared by Hassan Ammar – Edit Lilian Wajdi Reuters BAGHDAD, 1 July 2019 (Reuters) – On Monday, Iraqi Prime Minister...

  • Civil Society News
Depleted Uranium Damage In Iraq, Deferred File, Will It Be Reopened?

Depleted Uranium Damage In Iraq, Deferred File, Will It Be Reopened?

By: Al-Fanar Media Souad Naji al-Azzawi, an Iraqi environmental scientist, has devoted much of her professional life to studying one...

  • The Right to Recover From the Effects of War