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Iraqi people shout slogans during a demonstration against the poor quality of basic services, power outages and calling for trial of corrupt politicians in Baghdad, Iraq, August 28, 2015. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Friday ordered security forces to ease access to Baghdad's fortified Green Zone and main streets, in an apparent bid to improve daily life for ordinary Iraqis as fresh protests erupted across the country. Tens of thousands of demonstrators filled Baghdad's Tahrir Square on Friday in

هل تحمل الحملة على الملحدين في العراق أبعاداً سياسيّة؟

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Iraqi writer, Ahmed Saadawi poses with his book titled in French "Frankenstein a Bagdad" (Frankenstein in Baghdad) on August 4, 2016 in the capital Baghdad.
When Ahmed Saadawi finished writing "Frankenstein in Baghdad", a dark fantasy about the war that tore Iraq apart a decade ago, he thought his novel dealt with the past. But just like the monster Mary Shelley first dreamt up exactly 200 years ago, Saadawi's hero took on a life of its own. Saadawi won the International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2014 and

رواية عراقيّة عن العنف والأزمات تتحوّل إلى فيلم سينمائيّ عالميّ

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السينمائيّون العراقيّون الشباب يكسرون التابوهات

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العراق: مقاومة الرثاثة من خلال الشّعر

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الستاند آب كوميديّ يصل إلى العراق والسياسة تطغى عليه

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Protesters hold protraits of Iraqi female journalist Afrah Shawqi during a demonstration calling for her release on December 30, 2016, in Baghdad.
Shawqi, 43, who is employed by Asharq al-Awsat, a London-based pan-Arab newspaper, was abducted on December 26, 2016, from her home in a southern neighbourhood of the Iraqi capital. / AFP / SABAH ARAR (Photo credit should read SABAH ARAR/AFP/Getty Images)

ترهيب ضد الناشطين والصحفيين في العراق

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Mourners pray during a funeral for victims who were killed when a car packed with explosives blew up on Thursday, in Hayy al-Shurta, a Shi'ite district in Baghdad, in Najaf, Iraq February 17, 2017. REUTERS / Alaa Al-Marjani TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTSZ4T9

خندق حول محافظة النجف لحمايتها من الهجمات الإرهابيّة

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Members of the Iranian revolutionary guard march during a parade to commemorate the anniversary of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88), in Tehran September 22, 2011. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo - RTX2O269

إيران تعيّن ثالث سفير لها في العراق ينحدر من الحرس الثوريّ

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Students attend class on the first day of the new school term in Baghdad October 22, 2014. As the school year starts in Baghdad, a number of schools could not welcome pupils in as they are still housing refugees from areas controlled by the Islamic State. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: EDUCATION) - RTR4B7BZ

التعليم في العراق: الضرب يلاحق المعلّمين

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التّظاهرات ضدّ المالكي في جنوب العراق... حنق شعبيّ أم دفع سياسيّ؟

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البرلمان العراقيّ يحاول تمرير قانون للعشائر رغم رفضه من المجتمع المدنيّ

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الوزراء المستقلون في حكومة العبادي.. هل ينجون من التهديد؟

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