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Yasmine Mosimann

Iraq closes camp for displaced people with alleged ties to ISIS
There’s a construction boom in Baghdad. But there’s also a housing crisis.
For some Iranians fleeing oppression, Iraq’s Kurdistan region is now home
What Sadr wants
Extreme weather in Iraq hits the most vulnerable hardest 
Iraqi mothers call for justice for slain activist sons
Kurds returned to Iraq after attempting migration through Belarus
Fishermen navigate on the Shatt al-Arab waterway during a sandstorm in Basra, Iraq, Monday, May 23, 2022.
Environment
‘It’s a mass ecological crisis’: Extreme weather in Iraq hits those already struggling the hardest
Iraqi army helicopter takes off at a base in Sinjar, Iraq, Tuesday, May 3, 2022. 
Violence
Iraq’s Yazidis stuck in ‘tug-of-war’ between regional armed groups
A convoy of Iraqi soldiers drive near Lheiban, in central Iraq.
Conflict
A weakened ISIS persists in central Iraq
Students gather to take a group picture during the library repat the University of Mosul in front of the theatre on Feb. 19, 2022.
Culture
After years of conflict and rebuilding, Mosul University’s Central Library marks new beginning  
Samira Abbas, whose activist son Ehab al-Wazni was assassinated in May, attends a demonstration in Karbala on Nov. 18, 2021, with other women protesting the impunity Iraqi activists face.
Violence
Iraqi mothers risk it all to bring justice for their slain activist sons
Yadgar Hussein recounts her perilous journey through Eastern Europe in her living room in Erbil after being deported from Poland, Nov. 24, 2021.
Migration
‘I had no life left here’: Iraqi Kurds are at the center of the migration crisis in Europe