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Safe Haven: Kurdish refugees' story told at Arcola Theatre

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Bengal Tiger at Baghdad Zoo: Inside Iraq War's chaos and trauma

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Breaking down British-Iraqi trauma in Insane Asylum Seekers

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30 May, 2025
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Iraq's first ever director in Cannes wins best feature debut

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25 May, 2025
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The President's Cake: The Iraqi film winning praises at Cannes

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22 May, 2025
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Iraq marks 37 years since 'Anfal genocide' amid justice demands

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15 April, 2025
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Iraq arrests ex security official over Shia cleric execution

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01 February, 2025
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Saddam Hussein to be featured in Call of Duty video game

The New Arab Staff
29 May, 2024
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Saddam Hussein statue in Iraqi Kurdistan sparks controversy

Dana Taib Menmy
14 March, 2024
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Iraq sentences Saddam's daughter for promoting banned Baath

Dana Taib Menmy
24 October, 2023
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Despite a dark past, Iraq's football future shines bright

Saoud Khalaf

Saoud Khalaf

20 July, 2023
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Iraqi militia leader claims Saddam was of 'Indian origin'

The New Arab Staff
25 April, 2023
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The long, brutal history of enforced disappearances in Iraq

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11 April, 2023
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Iraqi Kurds recall broken promises 20 years after invasion

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21 March, 2023
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Iraq War 20 years on: It wasn’t just ‘for oil’

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Nahed Elrayes

21 March, 2023
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Twenty years on, Iraqis seek to escape the shadow of war

The New Arab Staff
20 March, 2023
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Out of sight: Iraq's TV archive lost to the war

Nazli Tarzi
20 March, 2023
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Iraq's lost two decades after the US invasion

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16 March, 2023
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Iraqi women still live the legacy of gender-based violence

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08 March, 2023
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Pentagon chief in Iraq says US wants to 'strengthen' ties

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08 March, 2023
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The weaponisation of water and Iraq's climate catastrophe

Saoud Khalaf

Saoud Khalaf

12 January, 2023