Babylon

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How two lands shape one woman's identity in Babylon, Albion

Book Club: Published by Saqi Books, 'Babylon, Albion' is a lyrical look at identity, ancestry, and landscapes — from London streets to Baghdad’s date palms

Zainab Mehdi
07 May, 2025
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Interview
Interviews
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Edinburgh Fringe to see Isabelle Farah’s comedy set in Babylon

The New Arab Staff

Hanna Flint

02 August, 2024
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Iraq
MENA
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Tension grips Iraq's Babylon after Sadrist activist killed

Dana Taib Menmy
20 February, 2024
Asmaa Alanbari's Gilgamesh: Snuggling baby
Iraq
Film, TV & Music
Culture
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Asmaa Alanbari's 'Gilgamesh' is a fusion of past and present

Zainab Mehdi

Zainab Mehdi

25 January, 2024
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PMF
MENA
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Iraqi govt condemns deadly US strikes against militias

Dana Taib Menmy
26 December, 2023
How the Mongol Storm swept across medieval empires in the Near East
The New Arab Book Club
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How the 'Mongol Storm' swept across the medieval Near East

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Usman Butt

22 March, 2023
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MENA
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Marvel film sought academic's help for Babylonian language

The New Arab Staff
17 November, 2021
Explosions Iraq [AFP]
US
MENA
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IS militants reportedly behind explosions in central Iraq

The New Arab Staff
19 January, 2021
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UNESCO
MENA
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Iraq's Babylon wins UNESCO World Heritage status

The New Arab & agencies
06 July, 2019
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tourism
Analysis
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Can Iraq finally realise its potential for tourism?

Paul Iddon
16 May, 2019
assyrian artefacts
Mosul
Society
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Priceless Assyrian treasures discovered among Mosul's mountains of destruction

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab

28 February, 2017
Iraq mosque debris
Saudi Arabia
MENA
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Iraq: Four mosques blown up in Babylon

The New Arab & agencies
04 January, 2016