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Iraq


Iraq Capacity Building Addressing the major challenges in Iraq IWPR seeks to train fresh voices untainted by the old regime and to incubate new Iraqi-led institutions, including a major new Iraqi Media Institute, envisaged as a critical platform for Iraqi civil society.

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IWPR IN ACTION

Project Highlights Jul '08
Reporting Impact Jul ‘08
Biannual Review - IWPR Iraq
Story Behind the Story

Sahar Journalists' Assistance Fund

Iraqi Governance Reporting Project
Photojournalism: Night Raids by Peter van Agtmael

Iraq Programme

	RSS: Iraqi Crisis Report

11 Aug 08 | Iraqi Crisis Report 267

Comment

Kirkuk Must Remain United

Recent violence underlines importance of province’s communities reaching an accord over its future.
By Samah Samad in Kirkuk (ICR No. 267, 11-Aug-08)

Women Back In The Driver’s Seat

As Baghdad security improves, more women are plucking up the courage to drive around the capital’s once treacherous roads.
By Duraed Salman in Baghdad (ICR No. 267, 12-Aug-08)

Project Highlights

Iraq: Jul ‘08

Radio trainees help to put together episodes of IWPR’s successful women’s issue programme.
By Hiwa Osman, Iraq country director (21-Aug-08)

Reporting Impact

Iraq: Jul ‘08

IWPR article on grim conditions at Kirkuk’s principal hospital seen by staff as timely expose of deterioration in local health services.
By Tiare Rath, IWPR Middle East Editor, and Samah Samad, an IWPR-trained journalist in Kirkuk. (22-Aug-08)


Recent reports	archive >>

25 Jul 08 | Iraqi Crisis Report 266

Kirkuk Turmoil Over Council Move

Government calls for calm as Kirkuk authority urges union with Kurdish region.
By Tiare Rath in New York (ICR No. 266, 1-Aug-08)

Kirkuk: Suicide Blast Raises Political Heat

Heightened tensions following bomb attack cause delay to parliamentary negotiations on electoral law.
By Hazim Al-Shara in Baghdad (ICR No. 266, 29-Jul-08)

Al-Qaeda in Iraq Down – But Not Out

Extremist group could exploit chaos resulting from a US troop withdrawal to mount a comeback.
By Jennifer Koons in London (ICR No. 266, 25-Jul-08)

18 Jul 08 | Iraqi Crisis Report 265

Baghdad Beauty Salons Back in Business

Once the target of extremists, beauty shops are slowly re-opening in the capital.
By Duraed Salman and Nasr Khadhim in Baghdad (ICR No. 265, 18-Jul-08)

Looters Destroying Ancient Treasures

Archaeologists say unprotected remains of country’s historic civilisations are subject to widespread plundering.
By Daud Salman in Baghdad and Berlin (ICR No. 265, 18-Jul-08)

Reporting Impact

Iraq: Jun ‘08

Two stories draw the attention of women’s advocates in Kirkuk and Baghdad.
By IWPR staff (21-Jul-08)

8 Jul 08 | Iraqi Crisis Report 264

Gulf States Woo Iraq

They hope their backing for Baghdad will help stabilise the country and curb Tehran.
By Jennifer Koons in London (ICR No. 264, 8-Jul-08)

Kurdish Muslims Embrace Digital Age

From cartoons to lectures on theology, CDs on religious themes are selling fast in the north of Iraq.
By Rebaz Mahmood in Sulaimaniyah (ICR No. 264, 8-Jul-08)

Project Highlights

Iraq: Jun '08

TV and online training seminar aims to equip women with the skills to make a bigger contribution to Iraqi journalism output.
By IWPR staff in Sulaimaniyah (16-Jul-08)

30 Jun 08 | Iraqi Crisis Report 263

Some Respite for Displaced Sunni

Baghdad truce allows uprooted families, some of whom have been expelled several times, to return home.
By Shawkat Al-Bayati in Baghdad (ICR No. 263, 30-Jun-08)

Comment

Medical Shortages Fatal for Kirkuk Patients

Patients in oil-rich city dying needlessly on the operating tables of its principal hospital.
By Ayub Nuri (ICR No. 263, 1-July-08)

PAST REPORTS

Month	Issue No.
Aug	267-267
Jul	264-266
Jun	261-263
May	257-260
Apr	252-256
Mar	248-251
Feb	245-247
Jan	242-244
Month	Issue No.
Dec	239-241
Nov	238-238
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HIGHLIGHTS

>Video report on production of Iraqi radio programme

>Video Report on Iraq TV Training Seminar

>Sahar al-Haideri Wins Amnesty Award

>TV Training for Iraqi Women Journalists

>IWPR Iraq Reporters Acclaimed

>Biannual Review - IWPR Iraq

>IWPR Comment Section

>Sahar Journalists’ Assistance Fund

>Audio Podcast: This Week on IWPR

>Kurt Schork Awards

IN MEMORIAM

Sahar al-Haideri

Iraqi Reporter Latest Victim of Violence Against Women Journalists

Yasin al-Dulaimi

A Tribute to Yasin
IWPR contributor from Ramadi, Iraq

Kamal Manahi Anbar

Conflict Claims IWPR Trainee, a young journalist from Baghdad

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