Talabani Thanks Sadrists
Al-Mada is issued daily by the Al-Mada Institution for Media, Culture, and Arts.
Al-Mada is issued daily by the Al-Mada Institution for Media, Culture, and Arts.
London-based Azzaman is issued daily by Saad al-Bazaz.
Tareek al-Shaab is issued by the Iraqi Communist Party.
Once lively, loud occasions, marriage ceremonies are now restrained, rather downbeat affairs.
The number of so-called old maids, or unmarried women, in Iraq has increased over the last two decades.
Female civil society campaigners work with clerics from different faiths to promote dialogue and unity.
Sunnis targeted by al-Qaeda groups in western Iraq have formed their own militia.
Women are expected to look after the house and go out to work - and at the same time comply with social traditions that restrict their freedom.
Fed up with corruption and poverty, they yearn for a new life in Western Europe.
Brain drain concerns as number of Iraqis emigrating to escape violence multiplies.