Tag Archives: Iraq

1st Iraqi bloggers meeting in Sulaymaniyah

Posted on by Wamith Al-Kassab (Iraq)

The first conference for Iraqi bloggers started today the 8th of February in the city of Sulaymaniyah with the participation of more than 70 Iraqi bloggers. All the men and women participated from all over Iraq. This conference will be …

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Can Iraq ever be Hiroshima?

Posted on by Aya (Iraq)

What’s the first thing that comes to your mind when hearing the words “the little boy”? Innocence? A new life? White and blue? Or maybe even a toy? 67 years ago, in Japan, “THE LITTLE BOY” didn’t mean innocence; it …

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Haditha trial breaks Iraqi’s heart

Posted on by Wamith Al-Kassab (Iraq)

The U.S. squad leader accused of having had primary responsibility for the killings of 24 Iraqi civilians in 2005, avoid jail time…people in Iraq can not believe that no justice will be given to the city that still lives in the horrific memory of the killing. Staff Sergeant …

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Baghdad celebrate the Monument of Liberty (Pictures)

Posted on by Wamith Al-Kassab (Iraq)

All pictures are copyrighted and you need to mention the owner in case of re posting them ( pictures by iraqi streets website …www.iraqistreets.com ) Today in Baghdad  the Iraqi people celebrated the memory of the great iraqi sculptural  Jawad Salim, the clebration was orgnize by …

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New restrictions limit women’s rights in Iraq

Posted on by Wamith Al-Kassab (Iraq)

A new regulation by the women affairs coordinator in the Iraqi Ministry of Oil has raised many campaigns of protest by Iraqi women and human rights activists. The regulation forbid women working in the ministry of wearing dresses, skirts, modern …

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Can you help Kurds to have a remembrance day for the Genocide?

Posted on by Laween Atroshi

Dear Friends of Kurdistan, I have set up an e-petition urging the British Government to recognize the Genocide inflicted upon the Kurdish population by the former regime of Saddam Hussein. If we get 100,000 signatures than they will debate this …

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First time in History the invisible nation: Iraqi Kurdistan nominated for UN Public Service Award

Posted on by Laween Atroshi

Throughout history the kurds have been forgotten and stigmatized as having a high record of unemployment, lack of human rights and primitive education. To treat this misperception as Kurdish professionals we have a ethical & moral duty to represent Kurdistan …

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Do you want help an Iraqi ? Help my friend …

Posted on by Wamith Al-Kassab (Iraq)

As an Iraqi activist I receive many emails from people over the world how want to help Iraqi people to have a better future ,especially young Iraqi youth , we usually try to get help for the sick and most …

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It’s raining in Baghdad, but is it rain?

Posted on by Mohanad (Iraq)

First of all I would say rest in peace our victims, those who were kidnapped by death in 2011, and left us crying for mercy in 2012. Sad old year 2011, and a new year with a hope that is …

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Iraq’s future is unclear

Posted on by Wamith Al-Kassab (Iraq)

A political crisis is unfolding in Iraq as bombs slam Baghdad. Is the U.S. leaving a stable and independent country even as  more than ten bombs went off around the Iraqi capital during rush hour Thursday morning? According to sources in …

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