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Iraq inches toward solar-powered future

In a small village in the mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan, solar panels adorn most homes, part of a small but growing effort to harness the sun's energy in Iraq, where electricity is scarce.

1年前

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Small businesses, big dreams: Iraq’s women entrepreneurs

The sewing machines and fabric that surround Alaa Adel at her "Iraqcouture" studio in Baghdad are testament to her success in deeply patriarchal Iraq.

2年前

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Twilight of the Tigris: Iraq’s mighty river drying up

It was the river that is said to have watered the biblical Garden of Eden and helped give birth to civilization itself.

2年前

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Virtual reality revives Iraq’s war-ravaged heritage

An Iraqi museum is using computer technology and virtual reality headsets to turn back time, so visitors can explore heritage sites destroyed by jihadist fighters and in battles to defeat them.

2年前

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Joint performance

Iraqi Kurdish musicians and Iran's Sarmast musical group perform at a concert at the Arbil Citadel in Arbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq.

2年前

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For Iraqi amputees football team, healing is the goal

As a seven-year-old boy in Baghdad, Mohamed Ali dreamt of becoming a goalkeeper -- until a car bomb in the central Tahrir Square ripped away his left arm.

2年前

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Harvest

Kurdish farmers harvest watermelon at a field in the Bardarash district near the city of Dohuk in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region.

2年前

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Sandstorm forces closure of Iraqi airports, public buildings

Iraq closed airports and public buildings on Monday as another sandstorm -- the ninth since mid-April -- hit the country, authorities said.

3年前

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Murals bring ‘joy’ to Baghdad concrete jungle

Iraqi artist Wijdan al-Majed is transforming Baghdad's concrete jungle into a color-filled city with murals depicting well-known figures from the war-scarred country and abroad.

3年前

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Iraq ‘green belt’ neglected in faltering climate fight

Envisioned as a lush fortress against worsening desertification and sand storms, the "green belt" of Iraq's Karbala stands as a wilted failure.

3年前

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Boats for buffaloes: vets in Iraq’s marshes take to water

The small motorboat chugging through southern Iraq's marshes is similar to those tourists use to explore the vast swamplands, the reputed home of the biblical Garden of Eden.

3年前

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Heritage of Iraq’s last few Jews at risk

In a busy district of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, there is little to distinguish the faded brick building, except for a Hebrew inscription above the entrance.

3年前

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In Iraq’s Mosul, library rises from ashes of IS reign

The storied library of Iraq's Mosul University boasted a million titles before Islamic State group jihadists rampaged through it, toppling book shelves and burning ancient texts.

3年前

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Saddam’s palaces

Scattered across Iraq are more than 100 opulent palaces and villas built by Saddam Hussein -- some in use, many in ruins.

3年前

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Young Iraqi film students tell their own stories from Mosul

A budding Iraqi filmmaker yells "action!" as an actress clambers over rubble in Mosul's Old City, proud students of a nascent film school in the former jihadist bastion.

3年前

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