Iraq

Opinion

The everyday voices silenced in our coverage of the Middle East

Until women and young people are heard, we won’t break this cycle of destruction and dehumanisation, argues director Maysoon Pachachi.

Written by: Maysoon Pachachi

Activism

How Taliban rule is disrupting the UK heroin market

Overwhelmed by opium — Disruptions to the flow of opium and heroin out of Afghanistan are leading to an increase in the presence of harmful opioids in the UK, as well as threatening the livelihoods of ordinary Afghan people who depend on narcotics revenue for survival.

Written by: Rebecca Tidy

Culture

A searing elegy on war in Iraq and Afghanistan

Attention servicemember — From 2003 to 2008, Ben Brody worked as a combat photographer in Iraq, capturing both the immense brutality and unseen, candid moments that defined the war.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Photography

Capturing the revival of the Yazidi community

'I am Yazidi again' — Brazilian photographer Marcio Pimenta's new photography book captures the intimate moments of the Yazidi people's return to their ancestral home in northern Iraq.

Written by: Rachel Hagan

Magazine

A conflict photographer reflects on his time in Iraq

The Grass — Photographer Cengiz Yar has seen things – from the rebels’ battle to oust Assad in Syria, to the human fallout of conflict in Iraq. But it was away from the frontlines that he truly came to value a universal right: having a patch to call one’s own.

Written by: Cengiz Yar

Photography

A personal journey through modern Iraqi Kurdistan

Under every yard of sky — Photojournalist Sebastian Meyer weaves his documentary photography of a conflicted region with his own heartbreaking journey of friendship and loss.

Written by: Eva Clifford

Culture

The renegade medic saving both soldiers and civilians

On the frontlines — After landing in Iraq, former marine Pete Reed went rogue and set up his own war-zone clinics. Otherwise they simply wouldn’t exist. Now, while struggling in the vacuum of a failed system, he faces a new challenge: not letting that system beat him.

Written by: Campbell MacDiarmid

Photography

How Latif Al Ani captured the ‘golden age’ of Iraq

From the 1950s to the 1970s — Hailed as the ‘father of Iraqi photography’, Al Ani’s iconic black and white shots offer a new perspective on Baghdad’s history.

Written by: HUCK HQ

Culture

The Iraqi art world is alive and kicking

It always has been — While instability in Iraq continues fuelled by Western intervention, a new generation of young artists are creating work that looks to the future.

Written by: Noora Ismail

Art

The female artists taking inspiration from ancient erotic poems

Happy Valentine's Day — In 2017, there are still many parts of the world where celebrating female lust is an act of revolt in itself. These international artists find inspiration in ancient Arab poems to render radical love.

Written by: Marta Bausells

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