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The Anaesthetist is not God: A dangerous journey through weapons, tribes, and medical errors 

Anaesthesia personnel in Iraq endure a dangerous and challenging journey, one that has led many medical students to avoid pursuing this speciality. This is the story of anaesthetists caught between death threats, tribal extortion, accusations of malpractice, and the broader deterioration and stagnation of the healthcare sector.

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Generation Z in the Iraqi electoral arena: what will change?

A new generation of voters may decide the outcome of Iraq’s upcoming parliamentary elections — and the political class cannot afford to ignore them. Given the significance and size of their vote, politicians will inevitably turn their attention to this group. This in-depth article examines the role of Gen Z in Iraq’s electoral landscape.

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Conforming to standards… from Dexone to weight-loss drugs to body sculpting 

It all began with Dexamethasone to get a curvy body, followed by weight-loss products to shed the extra kilos, and finally, body sculpting to achieve a whole new physique. It's a long journey, the story of a woman who subjected herself to all these standards, trying pills, syrups, and surgeries along the way.

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Fishermen sell reeds: The harsh impact of climate change on inhabitants of the Marshlands 

The Euphrates no longer meets the Tigris in southern Iraq. Fishermen have abandoned their homes and boats in the marshes to sell RO water instead. Boat makers find no one left to buy their mashoof canoes. This is the harsh impact of climate change on inhabitants of the marshlands of Dhi Qar.

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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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Driven out by noise: The quiet disappearance of Iraqi bats 

In Iraq, bats are known as Saḥayyir Al-Layl - “The one that stays up at night”. Long misunderstood and often viewed as ill-omened creatures that are the harbingers of bad luck. At dusk, when bats would appear in the sky, mothers would call their children inside, warning them that a bat might cling on to their face. Yet how much of this fear is rooted in reality? And where did the bats go?

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"Where is your father?" And the endless questions about my travels

Without my father, I would always be seen as a minor in the eyes of a state that officially recognises me as being in the first quarter of my twenties. Even though I am an adult. My eligibility is also questioned whenever the question that never leaves me is asked: Why are you here alone?

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Saddam is the biggest "Red Flag" 

From golden toilets to the taste of candy and even to love, Iraqis are cursed with memories of Saddam Hussein and his regime. We delve through those memories, with writers from across different generations, to uncover the implications and the horrors of the Ba’ath regime.