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  • Hussam Qais Taha with a water buffalo
    Climate change in Iraq

    When the water buffalo die

    Iraq is one of the nations hardest hit by climate change. But the 'land between the two rivers' isn't just drying out, it's also battling groundwater contamination as a result of oil production

  • Women dressed in black carrying placards and Iraqi flags demonstrating on Tahrir Square in Baghdad, Iraq in 2019
    Women in Iraq

    Breaking down barriers and pushing for independence

    After two incredibly tough decades for women since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, it is now cool to be young and female in Iraq. A report from Baghdad

  • A pro-Palestinian rally in Yemen's capital Sanaa on 5 January
    Germany and the Gaza war

    Arab criticism of German hypocrisy

    Germany used to be a role model for the Arab world. That has changed since the Israeli army killed thousands of civilians in the war against Hamas – with barely a murmur of opposition from German politicians

  • A soldier takes part in a military parade held at the police academy in Baghdad. An Iraqi flag is seen in the background
    War in Gaza

    Will Iraq finally expel all remaining U.S. troops?

    Following the assassination of an Iraqi militia leader in Baghdad by the USA, the Iraqi government has said it will kick U.S. troops out. Do tensions surrounding the war in Gaza make it more likely this time?

  • Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis demonstrate in Baghdad in what was probably one of the largest pro-Palestinian rallies
    Palestinians in Iraq

    Between sympathy and rejection

    Palestinians living in Saddam Hussein's Iraq were courted until his overthrow in 2003, after which they suffered widespread harassment. Ever since the onset of the Israeli offensive in Gaza, however, Iraqis have been keen to show their solidarity

  • "Iraq's Invisible Beauty" is a documentary film depicting the journey of the late Iraqi photographer Latif al-Ani, who gained international acclaim as one of the pioneers of photography in Iraq and the Middle East.
    "Iraq's Invisible Beauty"

    Pictures, not words

    "Iraq's Invisible Beauty" is a documentary film depicting the journey of the late Iraqi photographer Latif al-Ani, who gained international acclaim as one of the pioneers of photography in Iraq and the Middle East. By Shady Lewis Botros

  • Egypt's President Abdul Fattah Al-Sisi is driven by the fear of a new uprising, says activist Sanaa Seif. In interview, she talks about the fight to release her brother Alaa Abdel Fattah – and why the West should exert more pressure.
    Exclusive: Egyptian activist Sanaa Seif

    "Egypt's regime must overcome its paranoia"

    President Abdul Fattah Al-Sisi is driven by the fear of a new uprising, says activist Sanaa Seif. In interview, she talks about the fight to release her brother Alaa Abdel Fattah – and why the West should exert more pressure. Andrea Backhaus met up with her in London

  • Qantara logo
    'Witnessing catastrophe'

    Iraq preserves memories of IS reign

    The horrors they endured under the Islamic State group may be in the past for the people of Iraq, but the traumatic memories remain. Now a research project is recording their witness testimonies for posterity.

  • 20 years after U.S. invasion

    Young Iraqis see signs of hope

    On the banks of the Tigris River one recent evening, young Iraqi men and women in jeans and sneakers danced with joyous abandon to a local rap star as a vermillion sun set behind them. It’s a world away from the terror that followed the U.S. invasion 20 years ago

  • It is 20 years since the U.S. began its invasion of Iraq. In his essay, Karim El-Gawhary describes how the supposed victor at the time became the loser.
    20 years Iraq War

    Farewell to the old world order

    It is 20 years since the USA began its invasion of Iraq. Alongside the countless dead Iraqis and U.S. soldiers, it was the West’s credibility in the Arab world that would fall victim to this war. As Karim El-Gawhary argues, this loss is still having consequences two decades later

  • 20 years after the U.S. invasion, Iraq is only just beginning to recover from the aftermath.
    20 years after the U.S. invasion

    Iraq's wounds are slow to heal

    20 years after the U.S. invasion, the country between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers is only just beginning to recover from the aftermath. But the road is paved with obstacles. Birgit Svensson reports from Iraq

  • 20 years after Saddam's fall

    Iraq still haunted by missing persons

    When he first heard that U.S. troops had toppled Saddam Hussein, Iraqi engineer Hazem Mohammed thought he would finally be able to find his brother, who had been shot dead and dumped in a mass grave after a failed uprising against Saddam's rule in 1991

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