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Gulf War

3 May, 2024 • Nabil Salih

Regarding the Photographs of Others—An Iraqi Journey Toward Remembering

Photographs of Iraqis imply doom due to generational violence, even in happy pictures.

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5 November, 2023 • Nicole Hamouche

Mohamed Al Mufti, Architect and Painter of Our Time

Nicole Hamouche visits artist and architect at his Beirut studio, whose work reflects on Damascus' and Beirut’s political and social scene.

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5 March, 2023 • Jassem Ghazbanpour

Going Home—a photo essay by Jassem Ghazbanpour

These days, for Iranian photographer Jassem Ghazbanpour, who began shooting the Iran-Iraq war at age 16, home is where he points his camera.

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5 February, 2023 • Hassan Blasim

“The Truck to Berlin”—Fiction from Hassan Blasim

This bleak and hyper real short story by Hassan Blasim is reminiscent of Ghassan Kanafani's novella "Men in the Sun."

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5 February, 2023 • Hassan Abdulrazzak, Jasmine Naziha Jones

Iraqi Diaspora Playwrights Hassan Abdulrazzak & Jasmine Naziha Jones: Use Your Anger as Fuel

Sparks fly when two UK-based Iraqi diaspora playwrights discuss how the art of theatre addresses Iraqi pain with both comedy and drama.

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5 February, 2023 • Mischa Geracoulis

Lahib Jaddo—An Iraqi Artist in the Diaspora

Mischa Geracoulis interviews Texas-based multimedia artist Lahib Jaddo on her complex relationship with Iraq.

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14 March, 2021 • Hadani Ditmars

The Truth About Iraq: Memory, Trauma and the End of an Era

Hadani Ditmars remembers what Baghdad was like following the second Gulf War in 2003, when she toured Abu Ghraib with Robert Fisk.

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