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Assessing Iraq’s Oil Industry

This article provides an overview of Iraq’s oil and gas industry, focusing in particular on its history since 2003 under the Coalition Provisional Authority and the sovereign Iraqi government… Continue reading

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The Arab Spring and the Jews

Throughout the ongoing unrest in the Middle East and North Africa… Continue reading

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Christian Minorities in the Middle East: News For The Pope

Priest Wasseem Sabeeh was halfway through Sunday Mass, in Our Lady of Salvation in Baghdad, when an explosion shook the church. Suddenly men with guns yelling Islamic prayers burst into the church. They fired at the priests… Continue reading

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Remembering the Farhud – the Mufti Inspired Krystallnacht in Iraq

Today marks the 69th anniversary of the Farhud, the arabic Krystallnacht (1941). Looting of property and beating up of Jews took place in Baghdad, Mosul, Kirkuk, Irbil, Basrah, Amara and Fallujah. The killing of Jews took place in Baghdad alone. Today, not a single Jew is left in Iraq… Continue reading

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The spirit of Emir Faisal I

We feel that the Arabs and Jews are cousins in race (and) have suffered similar oppression at the hands of powers stronger than themselves… Continue reading