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The protests are changing local attitudes towards women, among others. (photo: جيتي: احمد الربيعي)
The protests are changing local attitudes towards women, among others. (photo: جيتي: احمد الربيعي)
The protests are changing local attitudes towards women, among others. (photo: جيتي: احمد الربيعي)
Sex Parties + The Lazy Generation:

How Iraq’s Protests Are Also Changing The Country’s Culture

Mustafa Habib
Iraq’s ongoing anti-government protests are turning out to be about more than just political demands. They’re also changing the country’s culture around sexism, ageism and other long-held prejudices.
28.11.2019
Revolutionary Women:

The Female Paramedics Of Tahrir Square

Azhar Ali Hussein
Iraqi women are learning first aid while they volunteer as nurses at anti-government protests. They are also changing the status quo, making a difference to local women’s rights.
11.02.2020
Classes In Protest:

In Dhi Qar, Volunteers Set Up ‘School Of October Revolution’

Murtada al-Houdoud
Nasiriyah teachers are volunteering to give classes to teenage protesters. They have set up a school amid demonstrations.
30.11.2019
Revolutionary Women:

A One-Woman Business To Give Other Girls Hope

Huda al-Taei
A young Iraqi graduate took matters into her own hands to avoid waiting for a government job, by starting her own beauty business.
11.02.2020
Mariam and her fellow students were proud to join the protests. Mariam and her fellow students were proud to join the protests. Mariam and her fellow students were proud to join the protests.
Revolutionary Women:

How One Iraqi Teen Found A New Life In Protest

Alia Talib
Once the 16-year-old Baghdad school student used to stay at home, reading and listening to pop songs. Now she has a new purpose.
11.02.2020
Revolutionary Women:

'Why I Decided Not To Wear The Veil Anymore'

Alia al-Maliki
A Baghdad-based journalist explains how and why, after years of doubt, she finally stopped covering her hair in public.
11.02.2020
Staying Put:

Iraq’s One-Woman Anti-Emigration Campaign

Saad Nadhum
A 50-year-old Iraqi says she has convinced around 4,000 potential émigrés to stay in Iraq, by providing opportunities, support and logic.
6.12.2019
40 Days Later:

Distance Between Iraq’s Politicians And Iraq’s Protesters Grows

Mustafa Habib
Neither of the two opposing groups seem to want to give any quarter and despite impactful events and legislative manoeuvres, nobody is any closer to common ground.
6.12.2019
Boy’s Own:

Meeting The Youngest Policeman In Basra

Hussein a-Amiri
One Basra teenager, who dreams of becoming the kind of detective he sees in the movies, is getting a head start in his career – by volunteering to direct city traffic.
11.12.2019
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Ghosts Of The Sea:

Curses On Anniversary Of Basra Ship’s Sinking

Special Correspondent
Survivors of a naval collision recount the horrors of being trapped below decks when their vessel was hit by a tanker.
15.12.2019