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A Rift Among Allegiances

For over a month, Iraq has had strict curfews preventing its people from leaving home due to the recent COVID-19 outbreak. The political...

Hannah Alohaid

Apr 29, 20202 min read

Mustafa Salim: Growing up in Iraq

Mustafa Salim is a foreign reporter living in Iraq. In a recent article for the Washington Post, Salim talked about what his childhood...

Hannah Alohaid

Apr 28, 20201 min read

Mustafa Al-Kadhimi: Iraqi Prime Minister Candidate

In 2019, after a mere five months in office, Adil Abdul-Mahdi resigned as the Prime Minister of Iraq. For months now, Iraq has been left...

Hannah Alohaid

Apr 28, 20201 min read

Iraq Economy Takes a Plunge in COVID Aftermath

Like many other countries, the Iraq economy has been hit heavily by the effects of Coronavirus. As one of the worlds leading oil...

Hannah Alohaid

Apr 27, 20201 min read

Iraq: Urgent Need for Domestic Violence Law

International Women’s day in Baghdad this year was a day of mourning for women protests in Iraq. The overwhelming amount of protests is...

Hannah Alohaid

Apr 22, 20201 min read

Technology and Gen Z: Gaming Ethics

"While watching TV and videos (at 2:38 a day on average) and gaming (1:21 per day) are still popular among teens, listening to music...

Hannah Alohaid

Apr 20, 20203 min read

Gen Z Influencer Marketing: Helpful or Harmful?

"Gen Z is the most cynical generation yet: only 15% said they believe what social media influencers share online." - Archrival, Almanac...

Hannah Alohaid

Apr 13, 20203 min read

Gen Z News: Hot Off the Social Press

"If I’m somewhere where I don’t really have time to read a news story, I do rely on headlines. The fact that I have access so that I can...

Hannah Alohaid

Apr 10, 20203 min read

Debunking Gen Z: Targeted Advertisements

"Gen-Z is finally taking the spotlight from its more well-known predecessors. It's making big waves in the news this month. According to...

Hannah Alohaid

Apr 6, 20203 min read

COVID Clashes with Traditional Iraqi Burial

Religious customs in Middle Eastern countries are changing erratically due to coronavirus outbreak. According to Adham Rashad Ismail, the...

Hannah Alohaid

Apr 6, 20201 min read

Gen Z Expression: TikTok

"TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy." - TikTok, About Page...

Hannah Alohaid

Apr 4, 20202 min read

The Language of Gen Z: What's that Meme?

"Young people have always been the pioneers of language, but it seems like young people today are rewriting the dictionary faster than...

Hannah Alohaid

Apr 1, 20203 min read

Military: US Pulling Out of Three Key Iraq Sites

3 of 8 US bases in Iraq will be pulling out of the area of the Syria and Iran borders. After the US drone strike on the Iran Commander...

Hannah Alohaid

Mar 16, 20201 min read

The Coronavirus is an American and Jewish Plot

According to Iraqi Political Analyst Muhammad Sadeq Al-Hashemi: Coronavirus Is an American, Jewish Plot to Reduce World Population;...

Hannah Alohaid

Mar 2, 20201 min read

Iraq’s World Cup Moment is Here

Even from the whirlwind of collusion in the destination of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the Iraq national team is proving that they belong in...

Hannah Alohaid

Feb 26, 20201 min read

Iraq extends ban on Iran arrivals amid coronavirus fears

According to Aljazeera, one of the leading news outlets in Iraq, the country is currently concerned about the potential spreading of the...

Hannah Alohaid

Feb 23, 20201 min read

About Iraq: Behind the Curtain

"Iraq is bounded on the east by Iran, on the north by Turkey, on the west by Syria and Jordan, and on the south by Saudi Arabia and...

Hannah Alohaid

Feb 16, 20201 min read

The Purported Leader of Al-Qaida Arrested on American Soil

Ali Yousif Ahmed Al-Nouri, a person accused of killing two cops while acting because the leader of an Al Qaida group within the Iraqi...

Hannah Alohaid

Feb 11, 20202 min read

Winter Storm Coats Baghdad in Snow for the Second Time in 100 years

For only the second time in 100 years, there is snow layering the city of Baghdad. In the mountainous regions, there are many accounts of...

Hannah Alohaid

Feb 11, 20201 min read

Iraq Protests Sparks Flood of Political Art

In March, painters, sculptors, and musicians began rallying to Baghdad’s protests. The capital is now overflowing with political art....

Hannah Alohaid

Feb 3, 20201 min read