Reports and stories
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BASRA’S BEST SHRIMP SELLER: A day with the shrewd Basra grandma who outsells all the others
Um Adel is one of the best known shrimp sellers in Basra’s fish markets. She sits under a tin roof…
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VISITING THE SAD TREE MAN OF MAYSAN: A rare skin condition keeps him helpless and hiding indoors.
Since he was 14 years old, Rasul Hashem has suffered from a rare disorder that is known as the “tree…
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BAGHDAD BY BIKE: Iraqis Tackle the Pandemic Two Wheels At a Time
This is the year of the bicycle in Iraq – and it’s all thanks to the coronavirus. By Mustafa Habib…
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NO FORGIVENESS: Post-extremism, Sinjar is safe again but Iraqi Christian families say they can never return
The retired police officer flips the pages of his photo album. The pictures are mostly of his former life in…
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WHO WILL HELP SAVE IRAQ NOW? A friend pays tribute to murdered researcher, Hisham al-Hashimi
It is almost impossible to memorialize someone as colossal as Hisham al Hashimi in words. It is more impossible to…
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IRAQI SOCIAL MEDIA AT WAR: Divisive rhetoric is the last thing murdered Iraqi researcher, Hisham al-Hashemi, would have wanted
Iraqi researcher and analyst Hisham al-Hashemi could have left the country long ago. His life was in danger – literally,…
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THE VIRUS + THE DESERT: Reasons why the Islamic State group is regrouping in Anbar
Attacks by the extremist group known as the Islamic State are accelerating in rural areas and at-risk provinces like Anbar.…
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NEGOTIATING WITHDRAWAL? Iraq, Iran and the US will all be pushing their own agendas as the presence of American troops is debated this month.
This month, negotiations will begin between the Iraqi government and its American counterpart, as to the future of US forces…
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SURVIVAL OF THE QUICKEST: A visit with the underage garbage pickers of Nasiriyah.
The little girl stoops like an old woman as she searches through piles of garbage in a landfill just south…
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