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The end of women’s and children’s rights: Outrage as Iraqi law allows child marriage 

One woman is crying her eyes out after the passing of the law. Another says it is not time for tears, it’s time to fight. What will happen now that the Personal Statue Law has been changed in Iraq?

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The displacement of schools: Why double shifts and overcrowding in schools won’t end in Iraq

Each year, around one million new students enroll in schools in Iraq. But can the government provide enough school buildings for them? Can students sit in classrooms without being crammed together? And can teachers handle over 40 students per class?

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Behind the scenes of political concern: What will Trump do to Iraq? 

What are the concerns in Iraq regarding Donald Trump’s return to the White House? What discussions and warnings about this are taking place behind the scenes in Iraqi politics? Will damaging the Iraqi economy and security be part of the agenda for the incoming American president?

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They took my share. How women’s inheritance rights are taken by law, religion, and tradition 

Majida unknowingly forfeited her inheritance. Umnia was accused of being secretly married so they could claim her share. Ikhlas was threatened with solitude unless she relinquished her inheritance. This is the story of women who are rightful heirs by law and religion yet deprived by tradition.

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Harhamoush Marmamoush: Confused souls searching in the midst of talismans and secret codes 

Dawood entered a man’s kitchen in Zakho hoping for a cure. He came out covered in burns. His suffering did not end there. This is a tale of sorcery, talismans, sorcerers, and those searching for miracles to fulfil their needs.

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Iraq’s deer threatened by hunger: Who will save the gazelles of Ali Al-Gharbi? 

The Iraqi authorities are procrastinating in providing half a kilogram of barley for al-reem, Iraq’s Arabian sand gazelles. The Iraqi natural reserves are not regulated by law and lack financial allocations and forage for their animals.

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Tower 716: How did a residential area become a cancer hotspot?  

An investigation into the fates of 20 cancer patients in Neighbourhood 201 in Baqubah, and the geographical scope of their cases which cover the area of Tower 716, operated by the telecommunications company Asiacell. Do mobile towers cause cancer? Why are people dying in this place? A residential area evacuated by a tower which is splitting families apart.

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Breathing life into a dead language: what remains of colloquial Mandaic in Iraq 

In the Iraqi dialect, when someone says, “I went home”, tabeet al-bayt, or “I entered the house,” dasheet al-bayt, half of what they are saying is in the Mandaean language. When a folk poet recites a poem about his mother’s sheela, it is taken from sheyala, which is the head covering of a Mandaean woman. The same applies to a singer who begins with “Woe, Woe”. Breathing life into a dead language: what remains of Mandaean dialect in Iraq

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The Children of mothers incarcerated in Iraqi prisons: No records, no education, no life 

Sajjad, Muammal, Zahra, and Ruqayya have had no formal schooling. Nor have they been issued with appropriate identification papers. They are the victims of circumstances of bad luck which placed their mothers into prison.

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The Department of Justice’s prison uniforms bring disease to Iraq: After the investigation, the itching began

If you put on one of the detention centre uniforms in Iraq, there is a possibility that you will contract a skin disease such as scabies. After the investigation, the itching begins. On infected uniforms in prisons and detention centres in Iraq.