Iraqi

Hussein_Shikha
Art interview
Art
Culture
Live Story

Pixels, wool, and faith: The art of Iraqi artist Hussein Shikha

Veiled faces, abstract motifs, and ancestral memory converge in Hussein Shikha’s art, where the past and present of Iraq collide

Elisa Pierandrei
11 March, 2026
Dr Tahir The Mission
Film Interview
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

The Mission: A surgeon, a war and the film the world must see

The New Arab Staff

Hanna Flint

05 December, 2025
Nayomi_Iraqi_rapper
Interview
Film, TV & Music
Interviews
Live Story

Meet Nayomi: The Iraqi musician redefining women in rap

Zainab Mehdi

Zainab Mehdi

15 August, 2025
Naseer_Shamma
Interview
Interviews
Live Story

Backstage with oud maestro Naseer Shamma at Shubbak Festival

Zainab Mehdi

Zainab Mehdi

19 June, 2025
Sololand_book_cover
Book Club
Book Club
Live Story

Sololand by Hassan Blasim: Iraq's history told in three novellas

Robin Yassin-Kassab

Robin Yassin-Kassab

30 April, 2025
The_Little_Sauce_Suzie_Bakos
Food and culture
Yalla! Let’s Eat
Live Story

The Little Sauce: Suzie Bakos' creative take on Iraqi gastronomy

Zainab Mehdi

Zainab Mehdi

24 April, 2025
Zaha_Hadid_Paper_Museums_Exhibition
architecture
Art
Culture
Live Story

How did paper play an integral role in Zaha Hadid's designs?

Zainab Mehdi

Zainab Mehdi

03 October, 2024
Zena_Agha_Objects_from_April_and_May
The New Arab Book Club
Book Club
Live Story

Zena Agha turns loss into meaning in Objects from April and May

Zainab Mehdi

Zainab Mehdi

11 September, 2024
sinan_antoon
The New Arab Book Club
Book Club
Live Story

Sinan Antoon on Palestine activism, literature and perseverance

Sarah photo for bio.JPG

Sarah Shaffi

24 July, 2024
SYRIA-LEBANON-CONFLICT-CORRUPTION-CRIME-DRUGS-CAPTAGON
Iraq
MENA
Live Story

UN warns Iraq becoming major regional drug conduit

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
22 July, 2024
Russian invasion of Ukraine
World
Live Story

Iraqi killed fighting for Russia's Wagner in Ukraine

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
31 May, 2023
Iraqi
MENA
Live Story

Gunmen kidnap Iraqi environmental activist: family

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
05 February, 2023
Iraqi
MENA
Live Story

Iraq intercepts microlight carrying million captagon pills

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 June, 2022
refugee
MENA
Live Story

800 Iraqi refugees return home from northeast Syria

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 March, 2022
United States
World
Live Story

US reopened Iraqi refugee program after fraud probe

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
02 March, 2022
Islamic State [AFP
Syria
MENA
Live Story

Biden to 'downgrade' anti-IS envoy role in US reshuffle

The New Arab Staff
24 February, 2021
Iraqi dinars [AFP]
Iraqi dinar
MENA
Live Story

Iraqis panic as leaked budget draft signals devaluation

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 December, 2020
Ali Bashar -- afp
refugee
MENA
Live Story

German court rejects Iraqi's appeal over killing of teen

The New Arab & agencies
12 May, 2020
Coronavirus makeup
UAE
MENA
Live Story

'Disrespectful': Iraqi makeup influencer slammed for 'coronavirus look'

The New Arab
16 March, 2020
Tamara Albanna,
women's rights
Interviews
Live Story

Tamara Albanna raises awareness about women through Iraq's goddess

The New Arab Staff

Ash Gallagher

09 January, 2020
Libya_Migrants
Turkey
MENA
Live Story

Nine Iraqi migrants dead as boat sinks off Turkey

The New Arab
09 August, 2018