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Reading The Orchards of Basra

Reading The Orchards of Basra

The Orchards of Basra weaves together elements of dreams, memory, and forgotten philosophy, insisting that some stories cannot...

SEPTEMBER 12, 2025 • By Jacob Wirtschafter
Dispossessed by Climate—Iraqi Refugees in Their Own Country

Dispossessed by Climate—Iraqi Refugees in Their Own Country

Writer-photographer Susan Schulman documents the climate devastation that has sent many Iraqis into internal exile.

FEBRUARY 5, 2023 • By Susan Schulman
 The Watermelon Boys on Iraq, War, Colonization and Familial Love

 The Watermelon Boys on Iraq, War, Colonization and Familial Love

Rachel Campbell finds that Ruqaya Izzidien's debut novel set in Iraq provides counter-narratives to the country's early 20th-century...

FEBRUARY 5, 2023 • By Rachel Campbell
Iraq and the Arab World on the Edge of the Abyss

Iraq and the Arab World on the Edge of the Abyss

Osama Esber interviews an Iraqi environmental writer on his book Guardians of the Water and the future of...

JANUARY 14, 2021 • By Osama Esber
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