tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90188693592652422082024-03-13T02:25:51.124+03:00Iraq under my skinUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger287125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018869359265242208.post-10849446778898687872022-03-26T12:49:00.000+03:002022-03-26T12:49:06.415+03:00One war is no more civilized than anotherThe war in
Ukraine leads to discord: civilized countries at war versus allegedly
uncivilized ones. Civilized victims versus the supposedly less civilized. And,
most of all, between asylum seekers who are welcomed and those we would rather
not see.
By Judit
Neurink
Suddenly,
the hashtag #uncivilized was trending on Twitter in relation to the war in
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018869359265242208.post-21947444563786585002021-03-14T12:17:00.001+03:002021-03-15T12:26:06.468+03:00A trial sparks a wave of desperation and distrust in Iraq's KurdistanThe trial of five Kurdish
activists and journalists for 'spying' has left Kurds furious with their
leaders. As hardship increases, they recoil against growing
authoritarianism, writes Judit Neurink.
One of the journalists being led away after the trial. FOTO TWITTERby Judit Neurink
"But Your HonourUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018869359265242208.post-84981602104983038722021-03-14T12:05:00.000+03:002021-03-15T12:17:43.769+03:00Gulf states embrace Israel — and the language, tooHebrew lessons are in demand in the Gulf. Since the
United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed the rapprochement deals with
Israel last year, "Shalom" is now often heard on the streets of Dubai.
Hebrew language courses are experiencing a boom in Gulf states FOTO EHI
By Judit Neurink
Curiosity, that's why May al-Badi wanted to learn Hebrew. "Wanting to
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018869359265242208.post-89058010388430191312020-10-02T13:55:00.002+03:002020-10-02T13:55:42.216+03:00Are Iraqi youths losing their religion?
Despite the influence of religion in Iraqi politics, recent studies
show that young people in Iraq are increasingly identifying as
secularist. by Judit Neurink “It’s about my identity,” Yara Ali
said with confidence. Ali is an Arab-Iraqi lawyer and prominent activist
living in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq; for security reasons, she uses a
pseudonym.
“I was forced to wear Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018869359265242208.post-49429334218064467722020-06-12T14:26:00.003+03:002020-06-12T15:35:55.139+03:00Bankrupt Kurdistan is no longer 'the other Iraq'
The Kurdistan region of Iraq has hit rock bottom.
What was once a promising 'other Iraq' is now a politically and
financially bankrupt disappointment, writes Judit Neurink.
"Welcome to 'the other Iraq'," tourists would be told when
holidaying in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. The three Iraqi provinces
the Kurds have governed since 1992 were not only lush, green and
mountain coolUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018869359265242208.post-89625817863212601002019-09-07T16:35:00.001+03:002019-09-07T16:35:08.188+03:00Jewish heritage survived 'Islamic State' in Iraq
Mosul's Jewish quarter miraculously survived three
years of occupation by the "Islamic State" terror group and the battle
to evict it. Reporter Judit Neurink and photographer Eddy van Wessel
went there to find out how.
Jewish heritage in Mosul (FOTO JUDIT NEURINK)
Judit Neurink, Mosul
When the Islamic militants of IS
were finally routed from the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018869359265242208.post-44108677481192970952019-09-07T16:23:00.001+03:002019-09-07T16:23:46.921+03:00Bringing IS masses to justice poses quandaries
What will happen to the thousands of IS members who
surrendered in the final phase of the battle in Syria? Neighboring Iraq
might try them but the country suffers from overcrowded prisons and
overworked courts.
ISIS-prisoners waiting for their turn in front of the judge (FOTO JUDIT NEURINK)
Judit Neurink, Erbil
With the battle against the terror Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018869359265242208.post-75172767368763586442019-09-07T16:16:00.001+03:002019-09-07T16:16:42.008+03:00Yazidis demand Iraq actively search for their missing persons
"Islamic State" is fighting its endgame with Yazidis
waiting anxiously. Angered by Iraqi government silence following reports
that IS killed 50 of their women, they are pushing for real action to
find 3,000 of their own.
Judit Neurink, Zakho
After more than four and a half years as prisoners of the Islamic
terror group "Islamic State," 21 Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018869359265242208.post-37409301383898418892019-09-07T16:11:00.001+03:002019-09-07T16:11:23.940+03:00Mosul: Where demons, women and 'Islamic State' met
During the IS occupation of Iraq's Mosul, secret
sessions were held for women to exorcise demons — despite the IS deeming
them black magic and banning any alternative religious practices.
Judit Neurink, Mosul
"Women still come asking for the exorcism sessions," says Othman, the
muezzin who, five times a day, calls the faithful to pray at the HaibaUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018869359265242208.post-74227380524753239552018-12-03T14:04:00.000+03:002018-12-03T14:04:04.614+03:00Is the 'Islamic State' making a comeback in Iraq?
The Kurdish Peshmerga in Iraq says that IS is rising
like a phoenix from the ashes. The organization is regrouping, filling
the void left by its quarreling adversaries. Judit Neurink reports from
Irbil and Mosul.
West-Mosul is trying to return to life PHOTO JUDIT NEURINK
A car bomb kills five in the Iraqi town of Tikrit. Iraqi troops call
in air strikes on "Islamic State" (ISUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018869359265242208.post-31444024111321915472018-11-07T12:58:00.001+03:002018-11-07T12:59:33.401+03:00Yazidis fear ISIS radicals in Greek refugee camp
Having fled the murderous threat of the "Islamic State"
(ISIS) group, Yazidi families from Iraq now live in fear in refugee camps
in Greece. Judit Neurink reports from Malakasa.
A view of Malakasa camp near Athens on a quiet afternoon PHOTO JUDIT NEURINK
"If the Afghans know I am Yazidi, they will burn me alive. They don't
see us as human beings." Kheiri Zabri, 37, casts a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018869359265242208.post-60735763983586330402018-11-07T12:52:00.001+03:002018-11-07T12:52:53.957+03:00Kurdish families caught between Iran and the US
Why are members of an Iranian Kurdish resistance group
based in neighboring Iraqi Kurdistan being targeted by Iranian missiles?
And what can the West do to help? Judit Neurink reports from Koya.
The damage at the KDPI head quarters in Koya PHOTO Judit Neurink
"We are very much afraid it will happen again. There is no war going
on here, and we did not deserve this. We'd like to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018869359265242208.post-9230285687093366482018-09-09T16:29:00.002+03:002018-09-09T16:34:20.762+03:00Iraq's Mosul celebrates cultural comeback
Music is back in Mosul, as are books and paintings. With the "Islamic
State" (IS) group gone, locals are enjoying their new-found freedom and
embracing culture. Will it last?
Judit Neurink reports from Mosul.
Book festival in Mosul, where thousands gather to chose a book. PICTURE @ALI Y AL-BAROODY (Twitter)
In the park in Mosul where IS once trained child soldiers, thousands
have now Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018869359265242208.post-37195630819806082722018-09-09T16:15:00.002+03:002018-09-09T16:30:52.574+03:00Kurdish farmers hit by water crisisWith neighboring Iran diverting rivers and building dams, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq is in the midst of an already severe water crisis that threatens to get even worse, thanks to national and regional governments failing to acknowledge the urgency of the problem.
Walnut farmer Backtiar Hamakhan @Judit Neurink
by Judit Neurink
SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq — Dead fish lay in dry river beds, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018869359265242208.post-62519931046946314292018-09-09T16:04:00.001+03:002018-09-09T16:34:36.391+03:00'Islamic State' youth fighters keep the faith in prisonIraqi youngsters are doing time for their roles in the "Islamic State"
terror group. Some will leave jail even more radicalized. As one of the
first foreign journalists, Judit Neurink visited Irbil's juvenile
prison.
Outside Erbil's Juvenile prison @Judit Neurink
by Judit Neurink
Iraqi youngsters are doing time for their roles in the
"Islamic State" terror group. Some will leave jail Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018869359265242208.post-39344609123759045492018-09-09T15:58:00.002+03:002018-09-09T15:58:27.802+03:00Islamic State fighters buried without identification in IraqA year after Mosul was liberated from the Islamic State, the bodies of the group's fighters are finally being recovered from the rubble of their last stronghold in the city.
Major Ahsan Rasem and his colleagues of the Civil Defense in Mosul @Judit Neurink
by Judit Neurink
Maj. Ahsan Rasem recognizes members of the Islamic
State (IS) by their clothes and explosives belts. Rasem is the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018869359265242208.post-76370525698927378022018-05-24T14:05:00.001+03:002018-05-24T14:05:11.700+03:00Poverty and lack of services in Iraq force refugees back to the camps
Poverty and a lack of services
are preventing rebuilding in Mosul, forcing thousands to choose the
lesser of two evils and return to the camps. Over 2 million have yet to
go back home. Judit Neurink reports from Mosul.
Poverty in Western Mosul PHOTO JUDIT NEURINK
Mosul, Judit Neurink
"My children collect scrap iron to sell," Abbas Mohammed said,
picking up the iron pipe that Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018869359265242208.post-87916295173857113142018-05-23T18:27:00.001+03:002018-05-23T18:27:11.410+03:00 Eager to vote, Iraq's displaced faced obstacles on election dayPromises of jobs and support to build their homes sent many of Iraq's internally displaced in search of polling stations that would allow them to cast their vote on May 12.
Queuing to vote at one at the polling stations open for IDPs in Erbil PHOTO JUDIT NEURINK
ERBIL - Judit Neurink
The Janabi cousins from
Salahuddin province had already been waiting for five hours outside the
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018869359265242208.post-40555054345093659462018-05-23T18:20:00.000+03:002018-05-23T18:20:13.513+03:00 Iraq Pulse Iraqi churches shoulder burden of reconstruction, for nowIn Iraq, churches have taken the lead in persuading and helping Christians to towns razed by the Islamic State.
Shops are reopening in Qaraqosh, with help of the church. PHOTO JUDIT NEURINK
Qaraqosh, Judit Neurink
“I was the first to repair my house
and move back here,” said Archbishop Yohanna Petros Mouche of the Syriac
Catholic Church in Qaraqosh. He gestured toward his Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018869359265242208.post-24573953718868365152018-05-23T18:12:00.000+03:002018-05-23T18:12:00.766+03:00Expect change in Iraq when embattled Kurds cast ballots
The dust seems to be settling somewhat over
Iraq's Kurdistan Region, but fallout from the discord among Kurds, and
with the central government, could still be considerable come election
time.
Thousands of demonstrators protested for months, and hundreds of civil servants have been on strike in several cities over delayed and reduced pay. Teachers and health care workers in Sulaimaniyah Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018869359265242208.post-40369574280069479412018-04-04T11:52:00.000+03:002018-04-04T11:52:08.695+03:00Can foreign 'Islamic State' fighters' kids return to Europe?
Should the children of foreign IS fighters in Iraq and
Syria be allowed to return home? Security agencies are alarmed, but aid
workers say they're no danger if they get proper support. Judit Neurink
reports from Irbil.
IS trained boys from the age of nine (Still from IS video that featured Ayhem)
Thousands of children left behind by Western 'Islamic State' (IS)
fighters are currently Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018869359265242208.post-17649743026443766822018-04-04T11:39:00.002+03:002018-04-04T11:39:15.234+03:00Saving Nahum’s tomb—Iraq’s last synagogue
Iraq’s last remaining synagogue was saved first from the
Islamic State and then from neglect and collapse. It is a success in a country
where national heritage is often destroyed or looted and widely viewed as primarily
a source of income.
The Nahum tomb, after the work to stabilize it, in Al Qosh PHOTO JUDIT NEURINK
by Judit Neurink
“The Iraqi government was against
everything Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018869359265242208.post-59465075909795821642018-04-04T11:29:00.002+03:002018-04-04T11:29:20.415+03:00Kurdistan sacks Jewish representative to appease BaghdadTwo years after being asked to rebuild a decimated community, Sherzad Mamsani has been removed from his position. The catch: He was an unpaid volunteer.
Sherzad Mamsani and his boss, Mariwan Naqshbandy, director of religious coexistence at the
Endowment and Religious Affairs Ministry, during Holocaust Day in Erbil in 2015 PHOTO JUDIT NEURINK
by Judit Neurink
After working for Iraqi Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018869359265242208.post-322912110684375472018-04-04T11:17:00.001+03:002018-04-04T11:17:24.801+03:00'Islamic State' sleeper cells spread fear in Iraq's Hawija
Three months after its liberation, former IS fighters
remain a threat in Hawija. Judit Neurink, the first Western journalist
to visit the liberated town, reports on how locals are dealing with the
new threat.
Cars that IS used in the battle are still everywhere in and around Hawija PHOTO JUDIT NEURINK
Judit Neurink, Hawija
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