The Perpetual Coma of “COP21”: Climate Change Conference in Paris and Iraqi Civil Society
*Ismaeel Dawood Paris, 12 December 2015 Recent news has been dominated by the negotiations of presidents in the ongoing world climate conference in Paris, called “COP21”. The conference aims to reach a binding agreement on measures to be taken by state governments in order to cope with climate change caused by man, as a result […]
Save the Tigris and Iraqi Marshes Campaign Youth Camp in the Marshes of Al-Chibayish
ICSSI Baghdad, 2 December 2015 For three days, Iraqi youth activists of the Save the Tigris River and the Iraqi Marshes Campaign camped in the marshes of Al-Chibayish in Al-Nasiriyah province, from 19-21 November. The goal was to get familiar with the current reality of the Marshes, and the ongoing water crisis. The participants of the camps […]
ZagrosTV – Erbil On Thursday, in the capital city of Erbil, events to compact violence against women were launched with the participation of the Prime Minister of Kurdistan Region Nechirvan Barzani. The Prime Minister of KRG read his word in the opening of the event, saying that compacting violence against women in the provinces of […]
‘I’ll Warm Myself on Fire of Revenge’: Hatred Hangs in Ruins of Iraq’s Sinjar
SINJAR, IRAQ Reuters – BY ISABEL COLES The picnic tables on the mountainside overlooking the town of Sinjar are a vestige of a time when different communities lived side by side in this corner of northwestern Iraq. That was before Islamic State militants overran the area in August last year, purging its Yazidi population and […]
On Tuesday, 17 Nov. 2015, the Parliamentary Committee for Women’s Affairs and the Iraqi Women Journalists Forum held a meeting on Shahrazad campaign to discuss the results and recommendations of the IWJF study on the phenomenon of harassment in the Iraqi society. MP Rehab Al-Abboudh, the President of the Parliamentary Committee for Women, explained the […]
The Blighted City – The Shocking Decline of Iraq’s Oil Capital
The Economist – Basrah WHEN not organising protests at the gates of Basra’s giant oilfields, jobless graduates spend their days playing dominoes on the banks of the Shatt al-Arab river. By night, giant gas flares light the sky and their game, partly compensating for the blackouts. “We provide the oil that powers the world, but live […]
There is No Military Solution to Violent Extremism
As a reaction to the deadly attacks by Daesh in Beirut and Paris, the Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative together with partners in Maghreb, Mashreq and Europe produced and disseminated the following call to action: As we mourn for Paris, our thoughts and solidarity are with all victims of terrorism and war everywhere. Our solidarity […]
Three Reasons Why Some People Downplay the Risk of the Ilisu Dam on Iraq?
In this intervention, the Save the Tigris River and the Iraqi Marshes Campaign aims to review the three most important reasons why concerned Iraqi authorities downplay the risk of the Ilisu dam on Iraq, the campaign will explain its vision on all of these reasons and will put forward a proposal to counter the threat […]
After KRG Formally Welcomes Jews Back to Iraq, Will their Numbers Increase?
Al-Monitor – BAGHDAD, Iraq Many Iraqi Jews forced from their country or displaced following persecution and dispossession more than six decades ago still dream of returning to their homeland. They retain a nostalgia for their temples and the streets where they grew up. It may be difficult or ultimately impossible for a large number of them to turn this dream […]
Shafaq News The administration of Dhi Qar province said on Thursday that a delegation from the United Nations experts visited the province in order to assess a possible inclusion of the Marshes in the World Heritage List. According to the governor of Dhi Qar “a delegation of international experts is visiting the province in order […]
Environmental and governmental organizations demand the revitalization of the Marshlands
Al-Mada Press / Dhi Qar Environmental and governmental organizations warned on Thursday of the deteriorating environmental situation in the Iraqi Marshes, as a result of the lack of water release upstream. Causes of the current drought in the Marshes were attributed to “the poor management of water resources in the basins= of the Tigris and […]
Iraq’s Sistani at Odds with Khamenei
An unnamed Iraqi MP spoke to Alaraby Aljadeed on their growing rift. BEIRUT – A rift has grown between the highly influential Shiite Grant Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei over the Iranian supreme leader’s Iraq policies, according to a London-based daily. Alaraby Aljadeed on Tuesday cited a “prominent MP” in Iraq’s National Alliance parliamentary […]