A Jacobin investigation reveals how Iraq’s southern marshes, the birthplace of early civilization, face ruin from environmental and political mismanagement. As the water disappears, so too does ...

Although “Immortals” captures the specificity, language and culture of Iraq, the aspirations of the activists it follows mirror those of others in Sudan or Iran, to name just two other places ...

But patio in Iraq is paītcha – an Iraqi Arabic word, borrowed from English. Ahmed F Khaleel is a tutor of Arabic language and literature at the University of York. This article first appeared ...

The official languages of Iraq are Arabic and Kurdish. But now, after campaigning by some groups, a newly launched television channel, Al-Syriania, with funding from the Iraqi government, is hoping to ...

Ancient culture of Iraq. The language of farming used by these communities retains some influences from the Akkadian language used by the ancient Mesopotamian empires.

Looting Iraq No one was prepared for the pillaging of Baghdad’s Iraq Museum in 2003, but Marine officer Col. Matthew Bogdanos, improvised an investigation ...

A Chinese language school in northern Iraq is attracting students who hope to land jobs with a growing number of Chinese companies in the oil, infrastructure, construction, and telecommunications ...

Over 260 schools in Iraq now offer Assyrian, and the languages department at the University of Baghdad has established an Assyrian Language department. Additionally, associations, clubs, and parties ...

The Iraqi government on February 20 sent a letter to the Kirkuk Governor Rakan al-Jabouri, dictating that official letters should be issued in Kurdish and Arabic languages.