Monthly Archives: September 2018

Iraqi Kurds vote in parliamentary polls Sunday

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Iran, Iraq, Middle East, News An IKRG’s security officer casts his vote earlier for the parliamentary elections at an elementary school in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq on 28 September, 2018 [Feriq Fereç/Anadolu Agency] Voters in northern Iraq’s Kurdish region will cast ballot in the region’s parliamentary…

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Murders like Tara Fares case become accepted in Iraq

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By Zhelwan Z. Wali This screenshot from Instragram shows, Iraqi model Tara Fares who was killed in Baghdad on September 27, 2018. Photo: @its.tarafares IG Women shattering social stereotypes in conservative societies in the Muslim world and…

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Political change in Iraq could persuade Christians to stay

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By Daniele Piccini ON the eve of the general election in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish Region, the head of one of the country’s biggest Christian Churches expressed his hope that political change will encourage Christians stay in Iraq. Patriarch Louis Raphaël I Sako, head of the Chaldean Church, spoke to Catholic charity…

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Arab American and Chaldean Council Civic and Humanitarian Awards Gala 2018

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On Sept. 15, the Arab American and Chaldean Council held its Civic and Humanitarian Awards Gala at the Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center in Detroit. Guests of the black-tie optional event enjoyed dinner and a program which honored individuals who are visionaries in their areas of work. Proceeds from the 39th annual gala benefited the…

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Pride comes before the fall: The story of Sennacherib’s Assyria

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A relief in the Istanbul Archaeology Museum captures Sennacherib’s pride and character. ARCHAEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES AUTHOR Marc Madrigal 19 SEPTEMBER 2018 13:21 h GMT+1 Succession Treaty of Esarhaddon. Antioch Archaeology Museum. / Marc Madrigal Around the 8th century BCE, Sennacherib was…

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