Monthly Archive: November 2015

Switzerland nominates Iraqi Odyssey for the Oscars

Switzerland nominates Iraqi Odyssey for the Oscars

Tracing the emigrations of his family over more than half a century, this riveting 3D documentary epic from acclaimed expatriate Iraqi filmmaker Samir pays moving homage to the frustrated democratic dreams of a people...

Switzerland nominates Iraqi Odyssey for the Oscars

Switzerland nominates Iraqi Odyssey for the Oscars

Tracing the emigrations of his family over more than half a century, this riveting 3D documentary epic from acclaimed expatriate Iraqi filmmaker Samir pays moving homage to the frustrated democratic dreams of a people...

Switzerland nominates Iraqi Odyssey for the Oscars

Switzerland nominates Iraqi Odyssey for the Oscars

Tracing the emigrations of his family over more than half a century, this riveting 3D documentary epic from acclaimed expatriate Iraqi filmmaker Samir pays moving homage to the frustrated democratic dreams of a people...

مقال بقلم السفير لقمان الفيلي بعنوان: النــخبـــة وبــنـــاء الأمـــم

مقال بقلم السفير لقمان الفيلي بعنوان: النــخبـــة وبــنـــاء الأمـــم

بقلم: لقمان عبد الرحيم الفيلي تتميز في جميع المجتمعات، على اختلاف طبيعتها ومكوناتها، مجموعة صغيرة من الأفراد عن باقي عناصر المجتمع بمستوى تأثيرها في قرارات ذلك المجتمع ونفوذها داخله. وتُعرف هذه المجموعة او الطبقة...

Speaker Jabouri urges Erbil to remain committed to Iraq

Speaker Jabouri urges Erbil to remain committed to Iraq

Speaker of the Council of Representative, Dr. Salim al-Jabouri, spoke at the annual MERI conference in Erbil on Wednesday.
The speaker of Iraqi Parliament urged the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to remain committed to a federal Iraq.
Recognizing the importance of the KRG in attracting foreign investment and its role in sheltering an estimated 1.5 million internally displaced people (IDPs), Jabouri appealed for the KRG to consider their mutual interests and remain committed to a federal Iraq.

Speaker Jabouri urges Erbil to remain committed to Iraq

Speaker Jabouri urges Erbil to remain committed to Iraq

Speaker of the Council of Representative, Dr. Salim al-Jabouri, spoke at the annual MERI conference in Erbil on Wednesday.

The speaker of Iraqi Parliament urged the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to remain committed to a federal Iraq.
Recognizing the importance of the KRG in attracting foreign investment and its role in sheltering an estimated 1.5 million internally displaced people (IDPs), Jabouri appealed for the KRG to consider their mutual interests and remain committed to a federal Iraq.

Speaker Jabouri urges Erbil to remain committed to Iraq

Speaker Jabouri urges Erbil to remain committed to Iraq

Speaker of the Council of Representative, Dr. Salim al-Jabouri, spoke at the annual MERI conference in Erbil on Wednesday. — The speaker of Iraqi Parliament urged the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to remain committed...

Speaker Jabouri urges Erbil to remain committed to Iraq

Speaker Jabouri urges Erbil to remain committed to Iraq

Speaker of the Council of Representative, Dr. Salim al-Jabouri, spoke at the annual MERI conference in Erbil on Wednesday. — The speaker of Iraqi Parliament urged the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to remain committed...

Speaker Jabouri urges Erbil to remain committed to Iraq

Speaker Jabouri urges Erbil to remain committed to Iraq

Speaker of the Council of Representative, Dr. Salim al-Jabouri, spoke at the annual MERI conference in Erbil on Wednesday. — The speaker of Iraqi Parliament urged the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to remain committed...

Forgotten origins of Iraqi music celebrated in award-winning documentary

Forgotten origins of Iraqi music celebrated in award-winning documentary

It’s hard to say what’s most remarkable about an Australian film winning best documentary at the 2015 Baghdad Film Festival.

Yes, the revelations in Melbourne filmmaker Marsha Emerman’s On the Banks of the Tigris are profound – for Iraqis at home and in diaspora, for the Jewish songwriters it reinstates in the nation’s cultural history, and for an anxious world looking always for signs of unity and reconciliation.