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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.

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‘4 students in 5 meters.’ Living under surveillance in female dormitories  

When female students leave home to study, they can find themselves in dormitories that look like prisons. If they object, their university studies become threatened.

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When they come in a four-wheel drive, the green spaces disappear

An investigation into the deep state of real estate in Hilla, shows its arms extending across municipal departments, real estate registry and other regulatory bodies, all for the benefit of government officials and judges. This report is also about those people who, when they show up in their SUVs, seem to make the green spaces disappear.

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Inside Women’s Prisons in Iraq…The Smell of the Toilet Is Your Fate in the “Rust” Unit 

Exploiting women, harassing them, pushing them into prostitution and leaving them to sleep near toilets so they suffer from encroaching diseases. What is happening to women in Iraqi prisons?

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“If you don’t confess, we will bring your mother in your place.” When four youths visit a hospital, it turns into a nightmare in the name of the so-called fight against terrorism. 

This is the story of four youths, the eldest of whom was 13 years old, who visited a patient at the Women and Children Hospital in Diwaniyah province. The visit turned into a nightmare after they were arrested, with accusations levelled at them of burning down the hospital on January 8, 2024, and causing the death of four premature babies.

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Who wants a job that most people end up quitting? On the life of nurses in Iraq 

Siham, Noor, and Maryam: three nurses talk about their merciless work in hospitals, including the related social conditions and stigmas, and low wages. This is enabling specific conditions in a profession that many practitioners are now considering leaving. On the life of nurses in Iraq.

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The Iraqi Right and the Manosphere: United Against Women 

From their formation until their rupture, Iraqi right-wing groups have been dominated by misogynistic ideas. This article contains a critical analysis of the Iraqi right-wing and manosphere phenomenon examining their transformation based on the experiences of the women and men who were their victims.