The Wolf of Baghdad is a journey into Iraqi-Jewish history
In the 1940’s, a third of Baghdad’s population was Jewish. Within a decade nearly all of Iraq’s 150,000 Jews had fled. The Wolf of Baghdad is a graphic memoir of a lost homeland and a wordless narrative for a home never visited, with its own original soundtrack of Judeo-Arabic and Iraqi music recorded by the ground-breaking band 3yin. The Wolf of Baghdad …
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One Iraqi mechanic’s revival of a bygone era
In Babylon’s Alexandria, mechanic Jaafar Abu Mohammed revives Iraq’s past by restoring vintage cars into pristine condition. As Kamaran Aziz reports for Kurdistan 24, his family-run workshop preserves national heritage on wheels, despite bureaucratic hurdles, offering Iraqis a nostalgic drive through history. Amid the dust and din of Iraq's Babylon pro…
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Will you join the Liverpool Arab Arts Festival 2025?
Liverpool Arab Arts Festival (LAAF) , the longest running annual festival of Arab arts and culture in the UK, returns for its 23rd year this July as Culture Liverpool reports. Founded in 1998, LAAF exists to support and champion creatives from across the Arab region and its diaspora, in the belief that art and creativity have the power to express a shared …
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Iraqi Jews save their last shrine in Baghdad
Once abandoned and filled with rubbish, the tomb of Rabbi Isaac Gaon — a prominent Jewish figure from the 7th century — is now being restored by Iraq’s dwindling Jewish community. Here is a look at the restoration efforts, memories of violence and neglect, and the enduring legacy of Iraq’s Jewish population, which once made-up 40 percent of Baghdad’s popul…
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Facing the truth about the lasting scars of war
Until the First World War (1914-1918), most battle injuries were caused by small arms fire or sword cuts. Facial injuries were often of little concern to survivors who were deemed lucky enough to have escaped with their lives. Weapons used during the First World War like heavy artillery, machine guns and poison gas, created injuries of a severity and scal…
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